The truth about boys and books: they read less – and skip pages

Huge academic study into reading habits shows that young males choose easy books and fail to read thoroughly or correctly

Boys might claim it’s a simple matter of preferring to read magazines or the latest musings of their friends on social media rather than the classics. But two of the largest studies ever conducted into the reading habits of children in the UK have put those excuses to bed.

Boys, of every age, no matter the nature of the literature before them, typically read less thoroughly than girls.

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