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책을 읽고

read a book and

→ 책
phrase Rare #31,043
read a book and The ending 고 links this action to what follows; in some contexts, the phrase can mean “reading a book.”
KO: 책을 읽고 잠들었어요.
EN: I read a book and fell asleep.

난 책을 읽고 있을 때가 가장 행복해.

I’m happiest when I’m reading a book.

책을 읽고 싶었어요

I wanted to read a book.

장이 책을 읽고 비밀을 알아낼 수 있을까요?

Can Jang read the book and find out the secret?

— 마농의 샘 1부 (1986)

이제는 십만 권의 책 가운데 배와 항해에 관한 책을 읽고 있었다.

By then, I was reading a book about ships and sailing among a hundred thousand books.