The study gives a brief description about the importance of reading and aims to explore the current reading habits and attitudes of Arts and Science students of Annamalai university The survey method was applied to conduct the study and questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The data collected was analysed using simple statistical techniques. The results reveal that the college students have positive attitudes towards reading and majority of them spend almost one hour on academic and non-academic reading daily. The students developed reading habits mostly through self efforts followed up with the help of parents and teachers respectively.

Keywords: Reading Habits; Reading Choices; Reading Preferences.