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Being dyslexic does make reading hard, period. Even being as mildly dyslexic as I am makes reading anything difficult. I enjoy reading, but when I read a 10,000 word book I actually read something more like 15-25,000 words since I have to read many phases and even whole sentences two or three times in order to read them correctly. I have managed to read well over 1000 books since leaving school long ago. Reading for me is an effort, but I love the aspect of reading that involves building an image of the world the writer's created in you own head.
I find that books that can be read in short sessions are the best for me. Hence my preference for short stories. Longer works that are somewhat episodic are also easier to read in shorter sessions.
Another thing that might be a stepping stone is to "trick" him into an interest in the written word through audio books. With these, someone else does the "heavy lifting", the actual reading bit, but you still are left with creating your own visualization.
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