diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae655aa..887c8af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ Fincal aims to simplify things by allowing you to:
 ### Core features
 - [ ] Add __setitem__
 - [ ] Create emtpy TimeSeries object
-- [ ] Read from CSV
+- [x] Read from CSV
 - [ ] Write to CSV
 - [ ] Convert to dict
 - [ ] Convert to list of dicts
 ### Fincal features
 - [ ] Sync two TimeSeries
-- [ ] Average rolling return
+- [x] Average rolling return
 - [ ] Sharpe ratio
 - [ ] Jensen's Alpha
 - [ ] Beta
-- [ ] Max drawdown
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+- [x] Max drawdown
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diff --git a/fincal/fincal.py b/fincal/fincal.py
index f57dbc6..fafdc28 100644
--- a/fincal/fincal.py
+++ b/fincal/fincal.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import csv
 import datetime
 import math
+import pathlib
 import statistics
-from typing import Iterable, List, Literal, Mapping, TypedDict, Union
+from typing import Iterable, List, Literal, Mapping, Tuple, TypedDict, Union
 
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 
@@ -581,6 +583,65 @@ class TimeSeries(TimeSeriesCore):
         return output_ts
 
 
+def _preprocess_csv(file_path: str | pathlib.Path, delimiter: str = ",", encoding: str = "utf-8") -> List[list]:
+    """Preprocess csv data"""
+
+    if isinstance(file_path, str):
+        file_path = pathlib.Path(file_path)
+
+    if not file_path.exists():
+        raise ValueError("File not found. Check the file path")
+
+    with open(file_path, "r", encoding=encoding) as file:
+        reader = csv.reader(file, delimiter=delimiter)
+        csv_data = list(reader)
+
+    csv_data = [i for i in csv_data if i]  # remove blank rows
+    if not csv_data:
+        raise ValueError("File is empty")
+
+    return csv_data
+
+
+def read_csv(
+    csv_file_path: str | pathlib.Path,
+    frequency: Literal["D", "W", "M", "Q", "Y"],
+    date_format: str = None,
+    col_names: Tuple[str, str] = None,
+    col_index: Tuple[int, int] = (0, 1),
+    has_header: bool = True,
+    skip_rows: int = 0,
+    nrows: int = -1,
+    delimiter: str = ",",
+    encoding: str = "utf-8",
+) -> TimeSeriesCore:
+    """Reads Time Series data directly from a CSV file"""
+
+    data = _preprocess_csv(csv_file_path, delimiter, encoding)
+
+    read_start_row = skip_rows
+    read_end_row = skip_rows + nrows if nrows >= 0 else None
+
+    if has_header:
+        header = data[read_start_row]
+        print(header)
+        # fmt: off
+        # Black and pylance disagree on the foratting of the following line, hence formatting is disabled
+        data = data[(read_start_row + 1):read_end_row]
+        # fmt: on
+
+    if col_names is not None:
+        date_col = header.index(col_names[0])
+        value_col = header.index(col_names[1])
+    else:
+        date_col = col_index[0]
+        value_col = col_index[1]
+
+    ts_data = [(i[date_col], i[value_col]) for i in data if i]
+
+    return TimeSeries(ts_data, frequency=frequency, date_format=date_format)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     date_series = [
         datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 11),