Reader

Reader can mean a person who is reading a text, or a basal reader, a book used to teach reading. It may also refer to:

People

Colin Reader (born ?), English geologist
Eddi Reader (born 1959), Scottish singer
Felix Reader (1850–1911), German-born Australian chemist and amateur botanist
Francis Reader (born 1965), Scottish musician, band-member of "The Trash Can Sinatras"
Ralph Reader (1903–1982), British director and producer
Richard Reader Harris (KC) (1847–1909), English barrister and Pentecostalist
Reader Harris (1913–2009), British politician
Ted Reader (born ?), Canadian chef

A publisher's reader, also called a first reader
Historically, a person who entertained cigar factory workers by reading books or newspapers aloud, also known as a lector; see cigar manufacture
Reader (liturgy), someone charged with reading Scripture in church (also called a Lector)
Reader (Christian Science Church), a person who conducts services in a Christian Science church, also called a First Reader or Second Reader
Reader (Anglican Church)
Reader (academic rank), the British academic rank between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor
Reader (Inns of Court), originally a senior barrister of the Inns of Court in London who was elected to deliver a lecture or series of lectures on a particular legal topic

Chicago Reader, a newsweekly
Duzhe, (translated Reader(s)), a Chinese magazine
High Plains Reader, an independent weekly tabloid
Los Angeles Reader, a weekly paper, now defunct
The Reader (magazine), a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool
San Diego Reader, a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California
Utne Reader, a periodical
Weekly Reader, an educational magazine for children
The Reader (newspaper), a weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska

Lisp reader, the parser for Lisp
Adobe Reader
Foxit Reader, a multilingual PDF reader
Google Reader, a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline
K-NFB Reader, a handheld electronic reading device for the blind
Microsoft Reader, a Microsoft program for the reading of e-books
Microsoft Fingerprint Reader, a device that was produced by Microsoft
Sony Reader, a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony
The Nintendo e-Reader, by Nintendo
Bible Reader for Palm
screen reader, a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen
Reader, an element of Apple's web browser Safari

Reader-response criticism, a primarily German and American literary theory
The Reader, a 1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink
The Reader (2008 film), 2008 movie based on this novel
A basal reader, a textbook used in reading education:
- McGuffey Readers, examples of these
An anthology: a book of different pieces of writing, often by many authors, for example:
- Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, a series of books containing trivia and short essays on miscellaneous topics, ostensibly for reading in the bathroom
Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument
Readers, a slang term for reading glasses