Yep. Especially for females. Not trying to be sexist but every female I know reads regularly whether it's a print book, ebook on a phone, tablet, PC, or audio. No matter the age, many females read regularly. Why do people think some authors flock to TikTok, to get all those young women who are scooping up romances and YA by the truckload? Males? Not so much. I sometimes see old men reading in the doctor's office and it would be newspapers (yes, some people still read newspapers if you can believe it.
). I know some men like nonfiction but on average, don't know a lot of men who read anything. Not saying men don't read (I know some do), just saying, not any I ever see. All the men I see or hear about are either playing hours and hours of video games or watching TV. No reading and especially not fiction. And the men I do know who read are authors. Non-author guys, nope. And my dad (lol) hasn't read a book since he got out of school. The man is 75 years old! He used to read the newspapers back in the 90s and he "sometimes" reads the AARP book but an actual book, nope.
So I will say, it's not the age, it's the gender. Has nothing to do with Gen-Z, Boomers, or whoever. Girls and women have always read a lot of books. For some reason, girls start reading for pleasure at an early age. I think it's because we love to fantasize so we love reading stories. Meanwhile, boys would be out playing, etc. Get five women together, I bet you TWO at least say they read regularly and reading a book right now. There's a reason romance books make billions of dollars worldwide and have always been such a powerhouse moneymaker. Again, romance brings in BILLIONS of money a year. And guess what? Most romance readers are women 34 years old and BELOW. Yep. Plenty of women would rather binge on a romance book series than a TV series.
So chicks of all ages are reading and yes, to many of us, reading is sexy. Some women would rather curl up with a book than a dude. Sorry, fellas.
