diff --git a/src/Database/Reader.php b/src/Database/Reader.php
index 728a196a..4ed103e0 100644
--- a/src/Database/Reader.php
+++ b/src/Database/Reader.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * corrupt or invalid, a {@link \MaxMind\Db\Reader\InvalidDatabaseException}
  * will be thrown.
  */
-class Reader implements ProviderInterface
+class Reader implements ReaderInterface, ProviderInterface
 {
     private $dbReader;
     private $locales;
diff --git a/src/Database/ReaderInterface.php b/src/Database/ReaderInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..116c50e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/ReaderInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace GeoIp2\Database;
+
+interface ReaderInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoIP2 City model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\City
+     */
+    public function city($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoIP2 Country model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\Country
+     */
+    public function country($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoIP2 Anonymous IP model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\AnonymousIp
+     */
+    public function anonymousIp($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoLite2 ASN model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\Asn
+     */
+    public function asn($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoIP2 Connection Type model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\ConnectionType
+     */
+    public function connectionType($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoIP2 Domain model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\Domain
+     */
+    public function domain($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoIP2 Enterprise model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\Enterprise
+     */
+    public function enterprise($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns a GeoIP2 ISP model.
+     *
+     * @param string $ipAddress an IPv4 or IPv6 address as a string
+     *
+     * @return \GeoIp2\Model\Isp
+     */
+    public function isp($ipAddress);
+
+    /**
+     * @return \MaxMind\Db\Reader\Metadata object for the database
+     */
+    public function metadata();
+
+    /**
+     * Closes the GeoIP2 database and returns the resources to the system.
+     */
+    public function close();
+}