diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7651cfa..6d5ea16 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ go install github.com/knipferrc/fm@latest
 - Open selected file in editor set in EDITOR environment variable (currently only supports GUI editors)
 - Preview a directory in the secondary pane
 - Copy selected directory items path to the clipboard
+- Read PDF files
 
 ## Themes
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7daea14..1026153 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.3.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.4.0
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
+	github.com/ledongthuc/pdf v0.0.0-20210621053716-e28cb8259002
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0
 	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c5a34de..89df004 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
+github.com/ledongthuc/pdf v0.0.0-20210621053716-e28cb8259002 h1:9KI9JpkbCm0b/xSjvNyg9O7G27t+cf+L3um6xv1IbNs=
+github.com/ledongthuc/pdf v0.0.0-20210621053716-e28cb8259002/go.mod h1:imJHygn/1yfhB7XSJJKlFZKl/J+dCPAknuiaGOshXAs=
 github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-common/golang/gogo v0.0.0-20190605223551-bc2310a04743/go.mod h1:qklhhLq1aX+mtWk9cPHPzaBjWImj5ULL6C7HFJtXQMM=
 github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-go v0.18.1/go.mod h1:jlF1pusYV4pidLvZ+XD0UBX0ZE6WURAspgAczcDHrL4=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69Aj6K7nkY=
diff --git a/internal/pdfdoc/pdfdoc.go b/internal/pdfdoc/pdfdoc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b127bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pdfdoc/pdfdoc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package pdfdoc
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/strfmt"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"github.com/ledongthuc/pdf"
+)
+
+// Model represents the properties of text.
+type Model struct {
+	Content string
+	Width   int
+}
+
+// ReadPdf reads a PDF file given a name.
+func ReadPdf(name string) (string, error) {
+	f, r, err := pdf.Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	b, err := r.GetPlainText()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	_, err = buf.ReadFrom(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return buf.String(), nil
+}
+
+// SetSize sets the size of the pdfdoc.
+func (m *Model) SetSize(width int) {
+	m.Width = width
+}
+
+// SetContent sets the content of the pdfdoc.
+func (m *Model) SetContent(content string) {
+	m.Content = content
+}
+
+// GetContent returns the content of the pdfdoc.
+func (m Model) GetContent() string {
+	return m.Content
+}
+
+// View returns a string representation of pdfdoc.
+func (m *Model) View() string {
+	return lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Width(m.Width).
+		Render(strfmt.ConvertTabsToSpaces(m.Content))
+}
diff --git a/internal/ui/commands.go b/internal/ui/commands.go
index 3cf80b0..c095b27 100644
--- a/internal/ui/commands.go
+++ b/internal/ui/commands.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/dirfs"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/colorimage"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/markdown"
+	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/pdfdoc"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/text"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/strfmt"
 	"golang.design/x/clipboard"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ type readFileContentMsg struct {
 	markdown    string
 	code        string
 	imageString string
+	pdfContent  string
 	image       image.Image
 }
 
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ func (m Model) readFileContentCmd(file os.FileInfo, width int) tea.Cmd {
 				markdown:    markdownContent,
 				code:        "",
 				imageString: "",
+				pdfContent:  "",
 				image:       nil,
 			}
 		case filepath.Ext(file.Name()) == ".png" || filepath.Ext(file.Name()) == ".jpg" || filepath.Ext(file.Name()) == ".jpeg":
@@ -184,8 +187,23 @@ func (m Model) readFileContentCmd(file os.FileInfo, width int) tea.Cmd {
 				code:        "",
 				markdown:    "",
 				imageString: imageString,
+				pdfContent:  "",
 				image:       img,
 			}
+		case filepath.Ext(file.Name()) == ".pdf":
+			pdfContent, err := pdfdoc.ReadPdf(file.Name())
+			if err != nil {
+				return errorMsg(err.Error())
+			}
+
+			return readFileContentMsg{
+				rawContent:  content,
+				code:        "",
+				markdown:    "",
+				imageString: "",
+				pdfContent:  pdfContent,
+				image:       nil,
+			}
 		default:
 			code, err := text.Highlight(content, filepath.Ext(file.Name()), m.appConfig.Settings.SyntaxTheme)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -197,6 +215,7 @@ func (m Model) readFileContentCmd(file os.FileInfo, width int) tea.Cmd {
 				code:        code,
 				markdown:    "",
 				imageString: "",
+				pdfContent:  "",
 				image:       nil,
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/internal/ui/model.go b/internal/ui/model.go
index 97bd5ef..02cefca 100644
--- a/internal/ui/model.go
+++ b/internal/ui/model.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/dirtree"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/markdown"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/pane"
+	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/pdfdoc"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/statusbar"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/text"
 	"github.com/knipferrc/fm/internal/theme"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ type Model struct {
 	colorimage           colorimage.Model
 	markdown             markdown.Model
 	text                 text.Model
+	pdfdoc               pdfdoc.Model
 	itemToMove           os.FileInfo
 	appConfig            config.Config
 	directoryItemSizeCtx *directoryItemSizeCtx
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ func NewModel() Model {
 		colorimage:     colorimage.Model{},
 		markdown:       markdown.Model{},
 		text:           text.Model{},
+		pdfdoc:         pdfdoc.Model{},
 		itemToMove:     nil,
 		appConfig:      cfg,
 		directoryItemSizeCtx: &directoryItemSizeCtx{
diff --git a/internal/ui/update.go b/internal/ui/update.go
index 5518cc5..0984086 100644
--- a/internal/ui/update.go
+++ b/internal/ui/update.go
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.statusBar.ResetCommandBar()
 		m.updateStatusBarContent()
 
-		return m, m.getDirectoryItemSizeCmd(m.dirTree.GetSelectedFile().Name())
+		if len(msg) > 0 {
+			return m, m.getDirectoryItemSizeCmd(m.dirTree.GetSelectedFile().Name())
+		}
+
+		return m, nil
 
 	// previewDirectoryListingMsg shows a preview of a directory in the secondary pane.
 	case previewDirectoryListingMsg:
@@ -116,19 +120,30 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			m.markdown.SetContent("")
 			m.dirTreePreview.SetContent(nil)
 			m.text.SetContent(msg.code)
+			m.pdfdoc.SetContent("")
 			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(m.text.View())
+		case msg.pdfContent != "":
+			m.secondaryPane.GotoTop()
+			m.colorimage.SetImage(nil)
+			m.markdown.SetContent("")
+			m.dirTreePreview.SetContent(nil)
+			m.text.SetContent("")
+			m.pdfdoc.SetContent(msg.pdfContent)
+			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(m.pdfdoc.View())
 		case msg.markdown != "":
 			m.secondaryPane.GotoTop()
 			m.colorimage.SetImage(nil)
 			m.text.SetContent("")
 			m.dirTreePreview.SetContent(nil)
 			m.markdown.SetContent(msg.markdown)
+			m.pdfdoc.SetContent("")
 			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(m.markdown.View())
 		case msg.image != nil:
 			m.secondaryPane.GotoTop()
 			m.markdown.SetContent("")
 			m.text.SetContent("")
 			m.dirTreePreview.SetContent(nil)
+			m.pdfdoc.SetContent("")
 			m.colorimage.SetImage(msg.image)
 			m.colorimage.SetContent(msg.imageString)
 			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(m.colorimage.View())
@@ -180,6 +195,7 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.text.SetSize(m.secondaryPane.GetWidth() - m.secondaryPane.GetHorizontalFrameSize())
 		m.markdown.SetSize(m.secondaryPane.GetWidth() - m.secondaryPane.GetHorizontalFrameSize())
 		m.colorimage.SetSize(m.secondaryPane.GetWidth() - m.secondaryPane.GetHorizontalFrameSize())
+		m.pdfdoc.SetSize(m.secondaryPane.GetWidth() - m.secondaryPane.GetHorizontalFrameSize())
 		m.primaryPane.SetContent(m.dirTree.View())
 		m.help.Width = msg.Width
 
@@ -192,7 +208,9 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(m.text.View())
 		case m.dirTreePreview.GetTotalFiles() != 0:
 			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(m.dirTreePreview.View())
-		case m.text.GetContent() == "" && m.markdown.GetContent() == "" && m.colorimage.GetImage() == nil && m.dirTreePreview.GetTotalFiles() == 0:
+		case m.pdfdoc.GetContent() != "":
+			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(m.pdfdoc.View())
+		case m.text.GetContent() == "" && m.markdown.GetContent() == "" && m.colorimage.GetImage() == nil && m.dirTreePreview.GetTotalFiles() == 0 && m.pdfdoc.GetContent() == "":
 			m.secondaryPane.SetContent(lipgloss.NewStyle().
 				Width(m.secondaryPane.GetWidth() - m.secondaryPane.GetHorizontalFrameSize()).
 				Render(m.help.View(m.keys)),
@@ -596,6 +614,7 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			m.colorimage.SetImage(nil)
 			m.markdown.SetContent("")
 			m.text.SetContent("")
+			m.pdfdoc.SetContent("")
 			m.dirTreePreview.SetContent(nil)
 			m.updateStatusBarContent()
 		}