Everybody's reading. It's just that no one is writing.
I guess you're right....everybody's too busy reading to write.
My preference has always been biographical works although summer is not the greatest reading time for me. I have forest on two sides so a lot of effort is spent in the annual 'beat it back before it takes over' campaign.
However I do have two on the go - Philip Norman's
John Lennon:The Life and, waiting in the wings, Robert Hughes'
Goya. Both have a level of detail that would appeal to anyone who likes biographies.
ryck