Collocations for reading - noun

compelling, compulsive, fascinating, good, interesting
worthwhile
The book is worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the Industrial Revolution.

depressing, disturbing
heavy, serious
light
assigned (AmE), compulsory (esp. BrE), essential, mandatory (esp. AmE), required
Her assigned reading for English class was ‘Great Expectations’.
His article should be compulsory reading for law students.

recommended, suggested
background
further
beach (esp. AmE), bedtime, holiday (BrE)
Horror is hardly my idea of bedtime reading.
some light holiday reading

be, make, make for
Their story makes compulsive reading.

assign (AmE)
We assign readings from different contexts and periods of history.

list
comprehension

extensive
After extensive reading on the subject she set to work on an article.

careful, close, critical
A close reading of the text reveals several contradictions.

cursory
serious
map
My map-reading skills are not the best.

do, get down to
I haven't had time to do much reading lately.
I need to get down to some serious reading.

material, matter
habits
He asked her about her reading habits.

ability, age, knowledge, skills
He has a reading age of eight.
She has a good reading knowledge of Russian.

disability (AmE)
glasses, light, room

reading about, reading on
His reading about Ruskin led him to the works of Turner.

allegorical, literal
He draws his morality from a literal reading of the Old Testament.

insightful, sensitive
her attentive and insightful reading of the manuscript

give, offer, provide
Longinus provides a sensitive reading of Sappho's poem.

invite, suggest
These paintings often invite an allegorical reading.

public
staged (esp. AmE)
I saw a staged reading of the new play ‘Light’.

Bible, poetry

give
Dickens gave many public readings from his works.

at a/the reading
We met at a reading of his poetry.

reading from, reading of
readings from the Psalms

high, low
normal
accurate, correct
false
meter, thermometer
blood-pressure, pressure, temperature

get, obtain, take
give
The dials were giving higher readings than we had expected.

record
Temperature readings were recorded throughout the day.

readingof
A reading of 25 or more is abnormally high.