Is reading an irrelevant occupation or a dying practice? Éric Méchoulan's book invites us to reconsider this situation by demonstrating that reading and caring are at the heart of major political and social issues today. Drawing on concrete reading experiences, the author emphasizes its permeability, which ranges from the writing of history to the practice of justice, from the desire to find the right word to the search for a "reading friend" to mediate the experience. By exploring the possible meanings and uses of "reading" outside the literary sphere, he aims to highlight that, when it comes to reading, it also concerns the relationship between individuals and institutions, a relationship that the bond between book and reader helps to make tangible, even to construct. Reading is not simply a decoding of signs; it must be integrated into a history of media and a theory of justice. As such, it occupies a privileged place in the realm of care, conceived as the valorization of plural relationships within specific contexts.