diff --git a/ReadSharp/IReader.cs b/ReadSharp/IReader.cs
index 8ef5502..1ce74d3 100644
--- a/ReadSharp/IReader.cs
+++ b/ReadSharp/IReader.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace ReadSharp
@@ -10,10 +11,13 @@ namespace ReadSharp
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="uri">An URI to extract the content from.</param>
     /// <param name="options">The transform options.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
     /// <returns>
     /// An article with extracted content and meta information.
     /// </returns>
     /// <exception cref="ReadException"></exception>
-    Task<Article> Read(Uri uri, ReadOptions options = null);
+    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
+    /// <exception cref="OperationCanceledException"></exception>
+    Task<Article> Read(Uri uri, ReadOptions options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
   }
 }
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diff --git a/ReadSharp/Reader.cs b/ReadSharp/Reader.cs
index fb2a21a..b2b17b9 100644
--- a/ReadSharp/Reader.cs
+++ b/ReadSharp/Reader.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 
@@ -99,11 +100,14 @@ namespace ReadSharp
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="uri">An URI to extract the content from.</param>
     /// <param name="options">The transform options.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
     /// <returns>
     /// An article with extracted content and meta information.
     /// </returns>
     /// <exception cref="ReadException"></exception>
-    public async Task<Article> Read(Uri uri, ReadOptions options = null)
+    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
+    /// <exception cref="OperationCanceledException"></exception>
+    public async Task<Article> Read(Uri uri, ReadOptions options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
     {
       Response response;
       TranscodingResult transcodingResult;
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ namespace ReadSharp
       try
       {
         // get HTML string from URI
-        response = await Request(uri);
+        response = await Request(uri, cancellationToken);
       }
       catch (HttpRequestException exc)
       {
@@ -267,8 +271,11 @@ namespace ReadSharp
     /// Fetches a resource
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="uri">The URI.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    private async Task<Response> Request(Uri uri)
+    /// <exception cref="ReadException">
+    /// </exception>
+    private async Task<Response> Request(Uri uri, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
       HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, uri);
       HttpResponseMessage response = null;
@@ -276,7 +283,7 @@ namespace ReadSharp
       // make async request
       try
       {
-        response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request);
+        response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
       }
       catch (HttpRequestException exc)
       {