Reading may be:

An activity:

• Reading (activity), an activity performed by a human
• Reading (technical), an activity performed by a computer
• Reading (legislature), a mechanism by which a bill is introduced to, and approved by, a legislature
• Reading (for degree), studying for a degree particularly at Oxbridge
• Cold reading (theatrical), an audition without rehearsal
• Sight reading, performance of music or theater without having seen it before

A place in England (pronounced ):

• Reading, Berkshire (the origin of other place names)

University of Reading, a university in Reading in England

Reading Festival, a rock music festival in Reading in England

Reading East (UK Parliament constituency)

Reading West (UK Parliament constituency)

A place in the United States:

• Reading, Kansas
• Reading, Massachusetts

North Reading, Massachusetts

• Reading, Michigan

Reading Township, Michigan

• Reading, New York

Reading Township, Pennsylvania

West Reading, Pennsylvania

• Reading, Vermont

• Port Reading, New Jersey
• Reading Railroad, a historical U.S. railroad
• With a slightly different spelling:
  • Redding, California
  • Redding, Connecticut
  • Redding, Iowa

An Electrical Power Station in Israel:

• Reading Power Station, Israel

A sporting club:

• Reading F.C., a football team from Reading, England

A person:

• Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1904)
• John Reading (composer and organist) (c1645-1692)
• John Reading (composer, organist and copyist) (c.1685 – 1764)
• John H. Reading (1917-2003) Mayor of Oakland, California 1966-1977

A literature piece:

• Reading Capital, a collection of essays on Marxism

A board game element:

• Reading Railroad, a property on the standard American version of the board game Monopoly

See also Redding

Place names

Reading (Begriffsklärung) | Reading | 雷丁 | Рединг (значения)