Other benefits related to reading (including fantasy and sci-fi, for example):

• Exercises the brain since you need to remember characters, settings and other important details.
• Strengthens brain connections due to processing, analysing, etc. what you are reading. Even if you don't do deep-analysis, your brain is still constantly working to make sense of what you read.
• Scientists believe that reading can protect cognitive function as we age and can even lower risk of dementia.
• Improves focus and concentration.
• Improves empathy because you are constantly putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
• It reduces stress which in return affects heart, etc.