Usually means: Easily understood or easily interpreted.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word read like a book:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. read (someone) like a book, read like a book: Merriam-Webster
  2. read like a book: Wiktionary
  3. read like a book: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. read like a book: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. read like a book: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. read like a book: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. read like a book: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (read like a book)

verb:  (transitive, simile) To be able to discern someone's thoughts from their body language or other behavior, especially in great detail and with little effort.

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