Reading novels might be beneficial to high school students, but they also needed to pay attention to moderation. The following are some possible benefits: 1. improve reading and writing skills: novels usually have complex plots and vivid characters to help high school students improve their reading and writing skills. 2. Broadening one's knowledge: Fictions often include many different cultural, historical, social, and scientific knowledge to help high school students broaden their knowledge. Cultivate imagination and creativity: novels usually have fictional plots and unique imagination to help high school students cultivate imagination and creativity. 4. Relieve stress: novels often contain humor, romance, and adventure elements to help high school students relieve stress and improve emotional stability. However, reading novels also had some negative effects on high school students. Overindulging in novels could lead to a decline in academic performance and affect one's physical and mental health. Therefore, high school students should read novels appropriately and allocate their time to study and other activities reasonably.