# Reading (disambiguation)

Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.
Reading also commonly refers to Reading, Berkshire, a town in England.
The common noun or verb reading (pronounced as /ˈriːdɪŋ/) or the proper noun Reading (pronounced as /ˈrɛdɪŋ/) may also refer to:

## Common noun or verb

* Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters
** Readings of kanji in Japanese
* Reading (computer), an action performed by computers, to acquire data from a source
* Reading (legislature), the mechanism by which a bill is introduced to a legislature
* Divination, gaining insight through interpretation of omens or supernatural indicators
* Psychic reading, an attempt to discern information through clairvoyance
* Dramatic reading, a dramatic art, also known as oral interpretation and interpretive reading
* Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of a work of art

## Art

* The Reading (Fantin-Latour), an 1877 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour
* The Reading (Manet), a c. 1865-1873 painting by Édouard Manet

## Businesses and organisations

* Reading School, a British grammar school
* University of Reading, a British university
* Reading Power Station, in Tel Aviv, Israel
* Reading Works, a former factory in Pennsylvania, U.S.
* Reading Company, also called Reading Railroad and Reading Lines, an American company

## Events

* Battle of Reading (871)
* Battle of Reading (1688)
* Siege of Reading (1642–1643)
* Reading and Leeds Festivals

## People

* Reading (surname)
* John of Reading (died 1346), theologian
* Marquess of Reading, a title in peerage of the UK since 1926, including Earl of Reading, Baron Reading, Viscount Reading
** Marchioness of Reading (disambiguation), wife of the Marquess
* Bishop of Reading, Anglican suffragan bishop in Diocese of Oxford since 1889

## Places
### United Kingdom

* Reading, Berkshire
** Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, area defined by the UK Office for National Statistics
** Reading (UK Parliament constituency) (1295–1950 and 1955–1974)
** Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
** Reading North (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
** Reading South (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
** Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
** HM Prison Reading, in Reading, Berkshire, England

### United States

* Reading, Kansas
* Reading, Massachusetts
* Reading, Michigan
* Reading, Minnesota
* Reading, Missouri
* Reading, New York
* Reading, Ohio, a city in Hamilton County
* Reading, Columbiana County, Ohio
* Reading, Pennsylvania
* Reading, Vermont
* North Reading, Massachusetts
* Port Reading, New Jersey
* Reading Township (disambiguation)
* West Reading, Pennsylvania

### Jamaica

* Reading, Jamaica

## Ships

* HMS Reading (G71), a Royal Navy destroyer ship formerly USS Bailey
* USS Reading, a U.S. Navy frigate

## Sport

* Reading F.C., an English football club
* Reading Hockey Club, an English field hockey club
* Reading R.F.C., an English rugby team
* Reading Racers, an English speedway team
* Reading Town F.C., a defunct English football club
* Reading Fightin Phils, an American baseball team
* Reading (United States Baseball League), a 1912 team