Finding Comfort: A Study of Reading Habits among Malaysian University Students During Covid-19 Pandemic

This paper is prepared to examine the leisure reading habits of university students in Malaysia during COVID-19 pandemic. As we know, due pandemic, Malaysian government has imposed a series mandatory lockdown. In higher institutions, classes are carried out using online platforms instead traditional learning classroom since April 2020. Online courses have changed pattern not only but around world. University now required adapt new normal learning. affected how they spend time between following their and doing assignments confinement homes or residences. According Association American Publishers, book sales up again. Due this limiting physical human interaction spending at home residency, turn again find comfort handle accumulated stress The method turning books times burden difficulty called bibliotherapy. Bibliotherapy still widely known Malaysia. explains can help calm down from anxiety connection almost most writing for form quantitative analysis based on survey conducted 100 throughout highlights literature reviews relating habits, preferences amongst related Therefore, study concludes that respondents purposes pandemic lockdown it helped them cope with