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 ) or the proper noun Reading (pronounced as ) 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

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

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

Other places

 * 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