In order for the act of reading to evolve from an individual behavior to a habit, from a habit to a culture and to transform into a life style as a necessity of being a democratic and civilized society, the middle school years of the individual, which is the period in which habits are acquired, are important. The purpose of this research is to examine the process of acquiring a reading culture of secondary school students in terms of various variables. This research is a descriptive study in survey type. The population of the research consists of a total of 641 students studying in the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades of a public secondary school in Sur district of Diyarbakır province in the 2020-2021 academic year. Within the scope of the research, sampling was not used, since the whole population was tried to be reached. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking into account the attendance of students to school, a face-to-face scale was applied to the students who came to the school, and the scales were delivered to the students who could not attend school due to the pandemic via an online questionnaire method. Scales were delivered to all 641 students studying at this secondary school, both face-to-face and online, and answers to 602 scales were obtained. In the research, “Attitude Scale Regarding Reading Habits” was used as a data collection tool. SPSS statistical package program was used in the analysis of the data. The findings obtained from the study showed that while middle school students’ attitudes towards the “benefit” dimension of their reading habits were at the highest level, their attitudes towards the “love” dimension were at a low level compared to the other dimensions. It has been determined that the attitude levels towards reading habits are generally at a “high” level. In addition, as a result of the analyzes made, it was determined that there were significant differences according to the reading habits of the students, their gender, grade levels, and educational status of their parents.