The first case of infection with virus COVID-19 in Croatia was confirmed on February 25, 2020, and then the Croatian Institute of Public Health, the Ministry of Health and other state institutions began working on proposals for measures to reduce the risk of infection, monitoring the source of infection, and a campaign to inform the public about infection prevention. Over the course of the year, the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia makes decisions on measures to limit social gatherings, work in shops, service activities and holding of sports and cultural events based on recommendations of epidemiological experts. Such circumstances had a great impact on people's lives and reading habits. That is exactly the subject of this research. The paper explores book printing and binding technologies, reading skills, reading habits and ways of obtaining reading material in Croatia during the COVID-19 virus pandemic. The research puts emphasis on fiction and the younger reading population. Fiction includes various forms of entertaining or aesthetic literature, such as novels or short stories. Literacy and reading have been deeply rooted in the very functioning and progress of society since ancient times. Reading, as an aspect of literacy that manifests itself in the understanding and interpretation of written text, is the basis of development of speed of dissemination and access to information, as well as the possibility of education and improvement of society. The research part of the work was carried out using the survey method, as well as the processing and interpretation of the obtained research results. For the purpose of this online survey, two different surveys were conducted. The first survey is intended for graphic sector. This survey investigates the circumstances of printing and binding books in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second survey examines the reading habits of reading fiction, reading skills and ways of obtaining reading materials in Croatia during the pandemic. The target group of the second survey are students from various faculties of the University of Zagreb.