In a fascinating study shared by The Reading Room, men were found to be quicker to judge a book they’re reading than women are.

Study by Jellybooks

The study was performed by Jellybooks, who used a bit of JavaScript in eBooks that measured reading habits of volunteers. By breaking down that data, they Jellybooks determined that men stopped reading books at an earlier point than women did. This suggests that men are quicker to decide whether they like a book.

Interestingly, the study shows no notable difference in the completion rates of most types of books. In other words, women and men were equally likely to toss a book aside before finishing it – but men made that decision having read fewer pages.

One way of looking at this is to say that women give books more of a chance than men. On the flip side, it…