diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useReadContract.svelte.test.ts b/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useReadContract.svelte.test.ts
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+import { abi, address, bytecode, chain, config, wait } from '@wagmi/test'
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { testHook } from './test.svelte.js'
+import { useReadContract } from './useReadContract.svelte.js'
+
+test(
+  'default',
+  testHook(async () => {
+    const result = $derived.by(
+      useReadContract(() => ({
+        address: address.wagmiMintExample,
+        abi: abi.wagmiMintExample,
+        functionName: 'balanceOf',
+        args: ['0xa5cc3c03994DB5b0d9A5eEdD10CabaB0813678AC'] as const,
+      })),
+    )
+
+    await expect.poll(() => result.isSuccess).toBeTruthy()
+
+    expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    {
+      "data": 4n,
+      "dataUpdatedAt": 1675209600000,
+      "error": null,
+      "errorUpdateCount": 0,
+      "errorUpdatedAt": 0,
+      "failureCount": 0,
+      "failureReason": null,
+      "fetchStatus": "idle",
+      "isError": false,
+      "isFetched": true,
+      "isFetchedAfterMount": true,
+      "isFetching": false,
+      "isInitialLoading": false,
+      "isLoading": false,
+      "isLoadingError": false,
+      "isPaused": false,
+      "isPending": false,
+      "isPlaceholderData": false,
+      "isRefetchError": false,
+      "isRefetching": false,
+      "isStale": true,
+      "isSuccess": true,
+      "queryKey": [
+        "readContract",
+        {
+          "address": "0xFBA3912Ca04dd458c843e2EE08967fC04f3579c2",
+          "args": [
+            "0xa5cc3c03994DB5b0d9A5eEdD10CabaB0813678AC",
+          ],
+          "chainId": 1,
+          "functionName": "balanceOf",
+        },
+      ],
+      "refetch": [Function],
+      "status": "success",
+    }
+  `)
+  }),
+)
+
+test(
+  'parameters: chainId',
+  testHook(async () => {
+    const result = $derived.by(
+      useReadContract(() => ({
+        address: address.wagmiMintExample,
+        abi: abi.wagmiMintExample,
+        functionName: 'balanceOf',
+        args: ['0xa5cc3c03994DB5b0d9A5eEdD10CabaB0813678AC'] as const,
+        chainId: chain.mainnet2.id,
+      })),
+    )
+
+    await expect.poll(() => result.isSuccess).toBeTruthy()
+
+    expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    {
+      "data": 4n,
+      "dataUpdatedAt": 1675209600000,
+      "error": null,
+      "errorUpdateCount": 0,
+      "errorUpdatedAt": 0,
+      "failureCount": 0,
+      "failureReason": null,
+      "fetchStatus": "idle",
+      "isError": false,
+      "isFetched": true,
+      "isFetchedAfterMount": true,
+      "isFetching": false,
+      "isInitialLoading": false,
+      "isLoading": false,
+      "isLoadingError": false,
+      "isPaused": false,
+      "isPending": false,
+      "isPlaceholderData": false,
+      "isRefetchError": false,
+      "isRefetching": false,
+      "isStale": true,
+      "isSuccess": true,
+      "queryKey": [
+        "readContract",
+        {
+          "address": "0xFBA3912Ca04dd458c843e2EE08967fC04f3579c2",
+          "args": [
+            "0xa5cc3c03994DB5b0d9A5eEdD10CabaB0813678AC",
+          ],
+          "chainId": 456,
+          "functionName": "balanceOf",
+        },
+      ],
+      "refetch": [Function],
+      "status": "success",
+    }
+  `)
+  }),
+)
+
+test(
+  'parameters: config',
+  testHook(
+    async () => {
+      const result = $derived.by(
+        useReadContract(() => ({
+          address: address.wagmiMintExample,
+          abi: abi.wagmiMintExample,
+          functionName: 'balanceOf',
+          args: ['0xa5cc3c03994DB5b0d9A5eEdD10CabaB0813678AC'] as const,
+          config,
+        })),
+      )
+
+      await expect.poll(() => result.isSuccess).toBeTruthy()
+
+      expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    {
+      "data": 4n,
+      "dataUpdatedAt": 1675209600000,
+      "error": null,
+      "errorUpdateCount": 0,
+      "errorUpdatedAt": 0,
+      "failureCount": 0,
+      "failureReason": null,
+      "fetchStatus": "idle",
+      "isError": false,
+      "isFetched": true,
+      "isFetchedAfterMount": true,
+      "isFetching": false,
+      "isInitialLoading": false,
+      "isLoading": false,
+      "isLoadingError": false,
+      "isPaused": false,
+      "isPending": false,
+      "isPlaceholderData": false,
+      "isRefetchError": false,
+      "isRefetching": false,
+      "isStale": true,
+      "isSuccess": true,
+      "queryKey": [
+        "readContract",
+        {
+          "address": "0xFBA3912Ca04dd458c843e2EE08967fC04f3579c2",
+          "args": [
+            "0xa5cc3c03994DB5b0d9A5eEdD10CabaB0813678AC",
+          ],
+          "chainId": 1,
+          "functionName": "balanceOf",
+        },
+      ],
+      "refetch": [Function],
+      "status": "success",
+    }
+  `)
+    },
+    { shouldMockConfig: false },
+  ),
+)
+
+test(
+  'parameters: deployless read (bytecode)',
+  testHook(async () => {
+    const result = $derived.by(
+      useReadContract(() => ({
+        abi: abi.wagmiMintExample,
+        functionName: 'name',
+        code: bytecode.wagmiMintExample,
+      })),
+    )
+
+    await expect.poll(() => result.isSuccess).toBeTruthy()
+
+    expect(result.data).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"wagmi"`)
+  }),
+)
+
+test(
+  'behavior: disabled when properties missing',
+  testHook(async () => {
+    const result = $derived.by(useReadContract())
+
+    await wait(100)
+    await expect.poll(() => result.isPending).toBeTruthy()
+  }),
+)
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useReadContract.svelte.ts b/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useReadContract.svelte.ts
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+++ b/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useReadContract.svelte.ts
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+'use client'
+
+import { type CreateQueryReturnType, createQuery } from '$lib/query.svelte.js'
+import type {
+  ConfigParameter,
+  QueryParameter,
+  RuneParameters,
+  RuneReturnType,
+} from '$lib/types.js'
+import type {
+  Config,
+  ReadContractErrorType,
+  ResolvedRegister,
+} from '@wagmi/core'
+import type { UnionCompute } from '@wagmi/core/internal'
+import {
+  type ReadContractData,
+  type ReadContractOptions,
+  type ReadContractQueryFnData,
+  type ReadContractQueryKey,
+  readContractQueryOptions,
+  structuralSharing,
+} from '@wagmi/core/query'
+import type { Abi, ContractFunctionArgs, ContractFunctionName, Hex } from 'viem'
+import { useChainId } from './useChainId.svelte.js'
+import { useConfig } from './useConfig.svelte.js'
+
+export type UseReadContractParameters<
+  abi extends Abi | readonly unknown[] = Abi,
+  functionName extends ContractFunctionName<
+    abi,
+    'pure' | 'view'
+  > = ContractFunctionName<abi, 'pure' | 'view'>,
+  args extends ContractFunctionArgs<
+    abi,
+    'pure' | 'view',
+    functionName
+  > = ContractFunctionArgs<abi, 'pure' | 'view', functionName>,
+  config extends Config = Config,
+  selectData = ReadContractData<abi, functionName, args>,
+> = RuneParameters<
+  UnionCompute<
+    ReadContractOptions<abi, functionName, args, config> &
+      ConfigParameter<config> &
+      QueryParameter<
+        ReadContractQueryFnData<abi, functionName, args>,
+        ReadContractErrorType,
+        selectData,
+        ReadContractQueryKey<abi, functionName, args, config>
+      >
+  >
+>
+
+export type UseReadContractReturnType<
+  abi extends Abi | readonly unknown[] = Abi,
+  functionName extends ContractFunctionName<
+    abi,
+    'pure' | 'view'
+  > = ContractFunctionName<abi, 'pure' | 'view'>,
+  args extends ContractFunctionArgs<
+    abi,
+    'pure' | 'view',
+    functionName
+  > = ContractFunctionArgs<abi, 'pure' | 'view', functionName>,
+  selectData = ReadContractData<abi, functionName, args>,
+> = RuneReturnType<CreateQueryReturnType<selectData, ReadContractErrorType>>
+
+/** https://wagmi.sh/react/api/hooks/useReadContract */
+export function useReadContract<
+  const abi extends Abi | readonly unknown[],
+  functionName extends ContractFunctionName<abi, 'pure' | 'view'>,
+  args extends ContractFunctionArgs<abi, 'pure' | 'view', functionName>,
+  config extends Config = ResolvedRegister['config'],
+  selectData = ReadContractData<abi, functionName, args>,
+>(
+  parameters: UseReadContractParameters<
+    abi,
+    functionName,
+    args,
+    config,
+    selectData
+  > = () => ({}) as any,
+): UseReadContractReturnType<abi, functionName, args, selectData> {
+  const { abi, address, functionName, query = {} } = $derived.by(parameters)
+  //   @ts-ignore
+  const code = $derived(parameters().code as Hex | undefined)
+
+  const config = $derived.by(useConfig(parameters))
+  const chainId = $derived.by(useChainId(() => ({ config })))
+
+  const options = $derived(
+    readContractQueryOptions<config, abi, functionName, args>(config, {
+      ...(parameters() as any),
+      chainId: parameters().chainId ?? chainId,
+    }),
+  )
+  const enabled = $derived(
+    Boolean(
+      (address || code) && abi && functionName && (query.enabled ?? true),
+    ),
+  )
+
+  return createQuery(() => ({
+    ...query,
+    ...options,
+    enabled,
+    structuralSharing: query.structuralSharing ?? structuralSharing,
+  }))
+}