Classifieds

Since World War II, pollsters and the American people have categorized generations using slang terms and dates. The Silent Generation, baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z, and now the latest addition, Generation Alpha, or Gen Alpha, are commonly used designations for those born within the same two decades or so.
In a related issue—we'll soon make the connection—many believe that books will eventually become obsolete, replaced by electronic devices. Numerous studies report reading itself is in decline, with many people preferring visual media to print.
Millennials—those born between 1981 and 1996—beg to disagree.
Surveys show that this generation, which is made up of men and women from their late 20s to their mid-40s, annually reads more books than any other group. In 2017, Forbes reported that "Millennials read more than older generations do—and more than the last generation did at the same age."...