IntroductionIn recent years, the reading rate of the nationals is on the low side, and on a downward trend, according to the authoritative research. Obviously, that is unsuitable with the general trend of continued steady development of economic in our country. T he phenomenon has caught people’s attention and caused widely discussion in the whole society.But what we care about is the situation of reading among the College Students, which is related to the national construction.as for the college students, the knowledge from textbook is far from enough. We should do some outside reading. As a saying goes, Books are the stepping stones to human progress. As the crystallization of human civilization,books play an important role in the progress of society. We do the research to learn the specific situation of college students’ reading, seeking the trend and misunderstanding of college students’ reading,and to let more people care about this problem.What kind of books do college students read after class?1. Reference books: They are the first choice, as a popular catchword goes that ‘It’s extremely important to acquire more certificates under the huge pressure of employment. ’ The catchword shows that most majority of college students spend their leisure time focusing on the issues of social employment, reading books related to the present employment situation. At least, the futures of college students are crucial to them.2. Quality extension: Nowadays, with the increa sing improvement of people’s lives and higher requirement from employment, college students gradually begin paying more attention on self-qualities and develop in a all-round way.3. Fashion magazines: Most girls in college pay close attention to these shiny magazines. Under the influence of some physical factors, they care more about their dress. At the same time, they seem to be more sensitive to fashion elements.4 .Entertainment novels: They are what almost every college student longs for. Among the students, girls take up quite a large amount. There are some romantic and aesthetic love stories with beautiful sentences, which touch readers’ heart deeply. Besides, Kongfu novels and magic fictions are boys’ favorites. Some boys are so absorbed in the plo ts of these fictions that they spend almost every minute on them. As a result , less time is used for study.According to result of the research,somecharacteristics of college students’ reading show up as follows:1.Bad habits of studying. The research shows that few students can be initiative to do somereading or seek information on the internet to solve problem.2.Narrow scope of knowledge. About 20% students don’t read outside books and most booksthat students chose to read are network novels.3.Don’t know how to find good books. Most students don’t know what books they should readand how to find the suitable books.Analysis of the result and cause1、Nowadays，the schools put much emphasis on improving the quality of teaching and they seldom pay attention to updating the books of the library. So, there are not so many kinds of books in the library that students are not interested in them. This is the reason why the number of the students who borrow books from the library has been declining.2、Some books can’t be found in the library, so students don’t often go to the library.3、Some students think that they don’t have enough time to enjoy extracurricular reading or they have no interest in them. They’d rather read the books about their own majors.4、The Internet has become another important factor. With the development of the Internet, more and more students have been distracted from the paper books.5、Another reason is that there isn’t a good atmosphere for reading, which can stimulate students’ interest in reading.6、It is also the gender differences that lead to the different number of the books which students borrow from the library.Suggestions1、Schools can set up “the Reading Corner”which can guide the students in reading and can also add the pages of Hot/（Popular）Readings and Recommended Readings to the school website.2、Schools can hold some activities such as playing some films adapted from some famous works to attract the student’s interest in reading.3、The results have showed that many students want to buy some books but are blocked by the high prices. In this case, every class can gather up the names and number of the books they need, and buy them in large scale.4、Besides, the school can improve their advisory work to promote reading among the students.Conclusion:(1)The contemporary college students' reading interests are various:This survey suggests that college students have a great diversity of after-class reading interests. They read books of various categories covering different fields.(2)The contemporary college students prefer interests with entertainment and recreation: Interest of a individual with entertainment and recreation means a lot to college students’ extracurricular life, and it is the very way in which college students can achieve both individual harmonious development and personal socialization. At the same time, we notice that college students pay too much attention to literature reading matter, absorbed in the interpretation of others’ life and neglect their own realistic life. This obviously is unfavorable to students’ improvement of self-quality.(3)The contemporary college students’ interest is with social and practical:Production and development of interest is based on need, thus college students’ ch oice of their interest also reflects their personal need and connections with social. Including to the survey,literature, English, computer and professional guidance are the most often topics students read after class. College students’ concern on practic al English, computer course fits in with the realistic development of the society, which also reflects social need for talents. Nowadays, need of all classes of the society for talents of English and computer as well as the multiplicity of knowledge, is the inward motivation for college students to develop their interest.。