Members of Gen Z are more likely to identify as readers if books are folded into their social lives.

A trove of recent articles bemoan the collapse in recreational reading among younger Americans, with COVID-related reading declines, artificial intelligence and social media often described as causes.

But as the authors of “How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books,” we think many claims about Gen Z’s reading behaviors miss the mark.

Originally published on theconversation.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.