Reading is one of the most important cultural skills of humanity and has significantly contributed to cultural and societal development. "Reading. An Interdisciplinary Handbook" approaches this complex phenomenon from various analytical perspectives. Neurobiology, cognitive psychology, language psychology, and linguistics explore the prerequisites and foundations of reading as a process of understanding and language processing. The media technology perspective and semiotics describe the different reading media from antiquity to the present as channels of transmission and arrangements of written and visual signs that provide information across time and space. Organizations and institutions influence reading as a social action within society. The themes discussed include reading in social relationships, measures for promoting reading, and organizations that provide reading resources.