Reading is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anya Reading, Australian geophysicist Arnold Reading (1896–1975), English cricketer and major-general Arthur Kenneth Reading (1887–1971), American politician Bertice Reading (1933–1991), American singer Brendon Reading (born 1989), Australian racewalker Burnet Reading (1749–1838), English engraver Fanny Reading (1884–1974), Jewish Australian medical practitioner Geoff Reading (born 1968), American drummer John Reading (disambiguation), several people of the name Kate Reading, alias of Jennifer Mendenhall (born 1960), American audiobook narrator Mario Reading (1953–2017), British author Patrick Reading (born 1999), Scottish footballer Peter Reading (1946–2011), English poet Pierson B. Reading (1816–1868), American pioneer Richard Reading (1882–1952), Mayor of Detroit Richard Reading, CdeG(B) (1876–1929), English journalist Robert Reading (c. 1640–c. 1689), Irish Baronet and lighthouse builder Tony Reading, British art director William Reading (1674–1744), English clergyman and librarian Wilma Reading, Australian singer