Reading for Pleasure: A Research Overview.

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Social inequalities in cognitive scores at age 16: The role of reading (2013, background): “2007), but note the difficulty in establishing whether reading frequency actually leads to improved attainment in the absence of compelling longitudinal evidence (Clark and De Zoysa 2012; Clark and Rumbold 2006; Department for Education 2012; Department for Education Education Standards Research Tea”
The effects of reading material on social and non-social cognition (2015, background): “Reading for pleasure has been associated with better reading and writing performance in school, improved second language acquisition, increased understanding of other cultures and general knowledge, and greater community participation (Clark & Rumbold, 2006).”