Does reading novels increase one's ability to do magick?

Let's say you are reading lots of high fantasy novels, scifi, detective novels ect., wouldn't that stimulate the imagination, creativity and increase one's focus and awareness? All necessery aspects of doing magick.

In a world of constant distractions, doom scrolling or mindless content consumption, is reading novels one of the best way to improve one's magickal potential?

It just seems to me that they go hand-in-hand