Matthew Rubery is Professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of The Untold Story of the Talking Book (2016) and co-editor of Further Reading (2020).

Introduction: The Unideal Reader
1. Dyslexia
2. Hyperlexia
3. Alexia
4. Synesthesia
5. Hallucinations
6. Dementia
Epilogue