The line graph illustrates the number of books read by men and women at Burnaby Public Library between 2011 and 2014. Overall, it is clear that men’s reading habits showed a significant increase over the four-year period, whereas women’s engagement peaked midway before falling.
In 2011, women read more books than men, with 5,000 books compared to 3,000 for men. By 2012, both groups saw an increase, with women reaching 8,000 books and men rising to 4,000. The year 2013 marked a point of convergence, as both men and women read exactly 10,000 books each.
From 2013 to 2014, the trends diverged sharply. The number of books read by men continued to climb steadily, reaching a high of 14,000 by the end of the period. Conversely, the figure for women experienced a downward trend, dropping to 7,000 books in 2014. Consequently, by the final year, men had become the more active readers at the library, reading double the amount of books compared to their female counterparts, a complete reversal of the situation observed at the start of the period.