diff --git a/chat.go b/chat.go
index dd11e51..7aecf27 100644
--- a/chat.go
+++ b/chat.go
@@ -435,6 +435,51 @@ func (k *Keybase) GetConversations(unreadOnly bool) ([]chat1.ConvSummary, error)
 	return r.Result, nil
 }
 
+// Read fetches chat messages
+func (k *Keybase) Read(options ReadMessageOptions) (chat1.Thread, error) {
+	type res struct {
+		Result chat1.Thread `json:"result"`
+		Error  *Error       `json:"error"`
+	}
+	var r res
+
+	arg := newReadMessageArg(options)
+
+	jsonBytes, _ := json.Marshal(arg)
+
+	cmdOut, err := k.Exec("chat", "api", "-m", string(jsonBytes))
+	if err != nil {
+		return r.Result, err
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(cmdOut, &r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return r.Result, err
+	}
+
+	if r.Error != nil {
+		return r.Result, fmt.Errorf("%v", r.Error.Message)
+	}
+
+	return r.Result, nil
+}
+
+// ReadChannel fetches chat messages for a channel
+func (k *Keybase) ReadChannel(channel chat1.ChatChannel) (chat1.Thread, error) {
+	opts := ReadMessageOptions{
+		Channel: channel,
+	}
+	return k.Read(opts)
+}
+
+// ReadConversation fetches chat messages for a conversation
+func (k *Keybase) ReadConversation(conv chat1.ConvIDStr) (chat1.Thread, error) {
+	opts := ReadMessageOptions{
+		ConversationID: conv,
+	}
+	return k.Read(opts)
+}
+
 // ReadMessage fetches the chat message with the specified message id from a conversation.
 func (c Chat) ReadMessage(messageID int) (*ChatAPI, error) {
 	m := ChatAPI{
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index 1bb5e77..1dafd9b 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -97,6 +97,35 @@ func newSendMessageArg(options SendMessageOptions) sendMessageArg {
 	}
 }
 
+// ReadMessageOptions holds a set of options to be passed to Read
+type ReadMessageOptions struct {
+	Channel        chat1.ChatChannel `json:"channel,omitempty"`
+	ConversationID chat1.ConvIDStr   `json:"conversation_id,omitempty"`
+	Pagination     *chat1.Pagination `json:"pagination,omitempty"`
+	Peek           bool              `json:"peek"`
+	UnreadOnly     bool              `json:"unread_only"`
+	FailOffline    bool              `json:"fail_offline"`
+}
+
+type readMessageParams struct {
+	Options ReadMessageOptions
+}
+
+type readMessageArg struct {
+	Method string
+	Params readMessageParams
+}
+
+func newReadMessageArg(options ReadMessageOptions) readMessageArg {
+	return readMessageArg{
+		Method: "read",
+		Params: readMessageParams{
+			Options: options,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// KVOptions holds a set of options to be passed to the KV methods
 type KVOptions struct {
 	Team       *string `json:"team"`
 	Namespace  *string `json:"namespace,omitempty"`