Millennials, who are endlessly scrutinized for wasting all their time on the internet by their elders, are actually more likely to read a book than older adults.
Pew Research found that 88 percent of Americans from the millennial generation (16 to 29 years old) read a book in the past year, while only 79 percent of those over 30 read a book in the same time frame.
The survey found millennials were agreeing that there is "a lot of useful, important information that is not available on the internet."
Required reading that millennials do for school and work were included in these statistics. However, the statistics are less surprising to millennials themselves.
"The image of millennials as keen readers always seems to cause surprise," Samantha Shannon, the 22-year-old author who won a six-figure deal for her bestselling adult/crossover fantasy series, which kicked off last year with The Bone Season, tells The Guardian. "After all, we've grown up in a world that bombards us with technological distractions. It's true that we consume narrative in different ways, but we're no less engaged with stories than previous generations."
