diff --git a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens/JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadToken.cs b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens/JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadToken.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66c9b194f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens/JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadToken.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using TokenLogMessages = Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.LogMessages;
+
+namespace Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens
+{
+    /// <remarks>This partial class contains methods and logic related to the validation of tokens.</remarks>
+    public partial class JsonWebTokenHandler : TokenHandler
+    {
+#nullable enable
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a string into an instance of <see cref="JsonWebToken"/>, returned inside of a <see cref="TokenReadingResult"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="token">A JSON Web Token (JWT) in JWS or JWE Compact Serialization format.</param>
+        /// <param name="callContext"></param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="TokenReadingResult"/> with the <see cref="JsonWebToken"/> if valid, or an Exception.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">returned if <paramref name="token"/> is null or empty.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="SecurityTokenMalformedException">returned if the validationParameters.TokenReader delegate is not able to parse/read the token as a valid <see cref="JsonWebToken"/>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="SecurityTokenMalformedException">returned if <paramref name="token"/> is not a valid JWT, <see cref="JsonWebToken"/>.</exception>
+        internal static TokenReadingResult ReadToken(
+            string token,
+#pragma warning disable CA1801 // TODO: remove pragma disable once callContext is used for logging
+            CallContext? callContext)
+#pragma warning disable CA1801 // TODO: remove pragma disable once callContext is used for logging
+        {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
+            {
+                return new TokenReadingResult(
+                    token,
+                    ValidationFailureType.NullArgument,
+                    new ExceptionDetail(
+                        new MessageDetail(
+                            TokenLogMessages.IDX10000,
+                            LogHelper.MarkAsNonPII(nameof(token))),
+                        typeof(ArgumentNullException),
+                        new System.Diagnostics.StackFrame()));
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                JsonWebToken jsonWebToken = new JsonWebToken(token);
+                return new TokenReadingResult(jsonWebToken, token);
+            }
+#pragma warning disable CA1031 // Do not catch general exception types
+            catch (Exception ex)
+#pragma warning restore CA1031 // Do not catch general exception types
+            {
+                return new TokenReadingResult(
+                    token,
+                    ValidationFailureType.TokenReadingFailed,
+                    new ExceptionDetail(
+                        new MessageDetail(LogMessages.IDX14107),
+                        ex.GetType(),
+                        new System.Diagnostics.StackFrame(),
+                        ex));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+#nullable restore
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Validation/TokenReadingResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Validation/TokenReadingResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38002bd071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Validation/TokenReadingResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+
+#nullable enable
+namespace Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains the result of reading a <see cref="SecurityToken"/>.
+    /// The <see cref="TokenValidationResult"/> contains a collection of <see cref="ValidationResult"/> for each step in the token validation.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class TokenReadingResult : ValidationResult
+    {
+        private Exception? _exception;
+        private SecurityToken? _securityToken;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates an instance of <see cref="TokenReadingResult"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <paramref name="tokenInput"/> is the string from which the <see cref="SecurityToken"/> was created.
+        /// <paramref name="securityToken"/> is the <see cref="SecurityToken"/> that was created.
+        public TokenReadingResult(SecurityToken securityToken, string tokenInput)
+            : base(ValidationFailureType.ValidationSucceeded)
+        {
+            IsValid = true;
+            TokenInput = tokenInput;
+            _securityToken = securityToken;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates an instance of <see cref="TokenReadingResult"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <paramref name="tokenInput"/> is the string that failed to create a <see cref="SecurityToken"/>.
+        /// <paramref name="validationFailure"/> is the <see cref="ValidationFailureType"/> that occurred during reading.
+        /// <paramref name="exceptionDetail"/> is the <see cref="ExceptionDetail"/> that occurred during reading.
+        public TokenReadingResult(string? tokenInput, ValidationFailureType validationFailure, ExceptionDetail exceptionDetail)
+            : base(validationFailure, exceptionDetail)
+        {
+            TokenInput = tokenInput;
+            IsValid = false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the <see cref="SecurityToken"/> that was read.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"/> if the <see cref="SecurityToken"/> is null.
+        /// <remarks>It is expected that the caller would check <see cref="ValidationResult.IsValid"/> returns true before accessing this.</remarks>
+        public SecurityToken SecurityToken()
+        {
+            if (_securityToken is null)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Attempted to retrieve the SecurityToken from a failed TokenReading result.");
+
+            return _securityToken;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the <see cref="Exception"/> that occurred during reading.
+        /// </summary>
+        public override Exception? Exception
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_exception != null || ExceptionDetail == null)
+                    return _exception;
+
+                HasValidOrExceptionWasRead = true;
+                _exception = ExceptionDetail.GetException();
+
+                if (_exception is SecurityTokenException securityTokenException)
+                {
+                    securityTokenException.Source = "Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens";
+                    securityTokenException.ExceptionDetail = ExceptionDetail;
+                }
+
+                return _exception;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the string from which the <see cref="SecurityToken"/> was read.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string? TokenInput { get; }
+    }
+}
+#nullable restore
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Validation/ValidationFailureType.cs b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Validation/ValidationFailureType.cs
index 52af888ad2..f185d73eac 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Validation/ValidationFailureType.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Validation/ValidationFailureType.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ private class LifetimeValidationFailure : ValidationFailureType { internal Lifet
         public static readonly ValidationFailureType TokenReplayValidationFailed = new TokenReplayValidationFailure("TokenReplayValidationFailed");
         private class TokenReplayValidationFailure : ValidationFailureType { internal TokenReplayValidationFailure(string name) : base(name) { } }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Defines a type that represents that a token could not be read.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly ValidationFailureType TokenReadingFailed = new TokenReadingFailure("TokenReadingFailed");
+        private class TokenReadingFailure : ValidationFailureType { internal TokenReadingFailure(string name) : base(name) { } }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Defines a type that represents that no evaluation has taken place.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.Tests/JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadTokenTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.Tests/JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadTokenTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e21280c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.Tests/JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadTokenTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.Tests;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestUtils;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using Xunit;
+using TokenLogMessages = Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.LogMessages;
+
+namespace Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.Tests
+{
+    public class JsonWebTokenHandlerReadTokenTests
+    {
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(JsonWebTokenHandlerReadTokenTestCases), DisableDiscoveryEnumeration = true)]
+        public void ReadToken(TokenReadingTheoryData theoryData)
+        {
+            CompareContext context = TestUtilities.WriteHeader($"{this}.JsonWebTokenHandlerReadTokenTests", theoryData);
+            TokenReadingResult tokenReadingResult = JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadToken(
+                theoryData.Token,
+                new CallContext());
+
+            if (tokenReadingResult.Exception != null)
+                theoryData.ExpectedException.ProcessException(tokenReadingResult.Exception);
+            else
+                theoryData.ExpectedException.ProcessNoException();
+
+            IdentityComparer.AreTokenReadingResultsEqual(
+                tokenReadingResult,
+                theoryData.TokenReadingResult,
+                context);
+
+            TestUtilities.AssertFailIfErrors(context);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ReadToken_ThrowsIfAccessingSecurityTokenOnFailedRead()
+        {
+            TokenReadingResult tokenReadingResult = JsonWebTokenHandler.ReadToken(
+                null,
+                new CallContext());
+
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => tokenReadingResult.SecurityToken());
+        }
+
+        public static TheoryData<TokenReadingTheoryData> JsonWebTokenHandlerReadTokenTestCases
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var validToken = EncodedJwts.LiveJwt;
+                return new TheoryData<TokenReadingTheoryData>
+                {
+                    new TokenReadingTheoryData
+                    {
+                        TestId = "Valid_Jwt",
+                        Token = validToken,
+                        TokenReadingResult = new TokenReadingResult(
+                            new JsonWebToken(validToken),
+                            validToken)
+                    },
+                    new TokenReadingTheoryData
+                    {
+                        TestId = "Invalid_NullToken",
+                        Token = null,
+                        ExpectedException = ExpectedException.ArgumentNullException("IDX10000:"),
+                        TokenReadingResult = new TokenReadingResult(
+                            null,
+                            ValidationFailureType.NullArgument,
+                            new ExceptionDetail(
+                                new MessageDetail(
+                                    TokenLogMessages.IDX10000,
+                                    LogHelper.MarkAsNonPII("token")),
+                                typeof(ArgumentNullException),
+                                new System.Diagnostics.StackFrame()))
+                    },
+                    new TokenReadingTheoryData
+                    {
+                        TestId = "Invalid_EmptyToken",
+                        Token = string.Empty,
+                        ExpectedException = ExpectedException.ArgumentNullException("IDX10000:"),
+                        TokenReadingResult = new TokenReadingResult(
+                            string.Empty,
+                            ValidationFailureType.NullArgument,
+                            new ExceptionDetail(
+                                new MessageDetail(
+                                    TokenLogMessages.IDX10000,
+                                    LogHelper.MarkAsNonPII("token")),
+                                typeof(ArgumentNullException),
+                                new System.Diagnostics.StackFrame()))
+                    },
+                    new TokenReadingTheoryData
+                    {
+                        TestId = "Invalid_MalformedToken",
+                        Token = "malformed-token",
+                        ExpectedException = ExpectedException.SecurityTokenMalformedTokenException(
+                            "IDX14107:",
+                            typeof(SecurityTokenMalformedException)),
+                        TokenReadingResult = new TokenReadingResult(
+                            "malformed-token",
+                            ValidationFailureType.TokenReadingFailed,
+                            new ExceptionDetail(
+                                new MessageDetail(
+                                    LogMessages.IDX14107,
+                                    LogHelper.MarkAsNonPII("token")),
+                                typeof(SecurityTokenMalformedException),
+                                new System.Diagnostics.StackFrame()))
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class TokenReadingTheoryData : TheoryDataBase
+    {
+        public string Token { get; set; }
+        public object TokenReadingResult { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestUtils/IdentityComparer.cs b/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestUtils/IdentityComparer.cs
index 2e061f2ce2..47b868d8a4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestUtils/IdentityComparer.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestUtils/IdentityComparer.cs
@@ -1007,6 +1007,76 @@ internal static bool AreTokenTypeValidationResultsEqual(
             return context.Merge(localContext);
         }
 
+        public static bool AreTokenReadingResultsEqual(object object1, object object2, CompareContext context)
+        {
+            var localContext = new CompareContext(context);
+            if (!ContinueCheckingEquality(object1, object2, context))
+                return context.Merge(localContext);
+
+            return AreTokenReadingResultsEqual(
+                object1 as TokenReadingResult,
+                object2 as TokenReadingResult,
+                "TokenReadingResult1",
+                "TokenReadingResult2",
+                null,
+                context);
+        }
+
+        internal static bool AreTokenReadingResultsEqual(
+            TokenReadingResult tokenReadingResult1,
+            TokenReadingResult tokenReadingResult2,
+            string name1,
+            string name2,
+            string stackPrefix,
+            CompareContext context)
+        {
+            var localContext = new CompareContext(context);
+            if (!ContinueCheckingEquality(tokenReadingResult1, tokenReadingResult2, localContext))
+                return context.Merge(localContext);
+
+            if (tokenReadingResult1.IsValid != tokenReadingResult2.IsValid)
+                localContext.Diffs.Add($"TokenReadingResult1.IsValid: {tokenReadingResult1.IsValid} != TokenReadingResult2.IsValid: {tokenReadingResult2.IsValid}");
+
+            if (tokenReadingResult1.TokenInput != tokenReadingResult2.TokenInput)
+                localContext.Diffs.Add($"TokenReadingResult1.TokenInput: '{tokenReadingResult1.TokenInput}' != TokenReadingResult2.TokenInput: '{tokenReadingResult2.TokenInput}'");
+
+            // Only compare the security token if both are valid.
+            if (tokenReadingResult1.IsValid && (tokenReadingResult1.SecurityToken().ToString() != tokenReadingResult2.SecurityToken().ToString()))
+                localContext.Diffs.Add($"TokenReadingResult1.SecurityToken: '{tokenReadingResult1.SecurityToken()}' != TokenReadingResult2.SecurityToken: '{tokenReadingResult2.SecurityToken()}'");
+
+            if (tokenReadingResult1.ValidationFailureType != tokenReadingResult2.ValidationFailureType)
+                localContext.Diffs.Add($"TokenReadingResult1.ValidationFailureType: {tokenReadingResult1.ValidationFailureType} != TokenReadingResult2.ValidationFailureType: {tokenReadingResult2.ValidationFailureType}");
+            
+            // true => both are not null.
+            if (ContinueCheckingEquality(tokenReadingResult1.Exception, tokenReadingResult2.Exception, localContext))
+            {
+                AreStringsEqual(
+                    tokenReadingResult1.Exception.Message,
+                    tokenReadingResult2.Exception.Message,
+                    $"({name1}).Exception.Message",
+                    $"({name2}).Exception.Message",
+                    localContext);
+
+                AreStringsEqual(
+                    tokenReadingResult1.Exception.Source,
+                    tokenReadingResult2.Exception.Source,
+                    $"({name1}).Exception.Source",
+                    $"({name2}).Exception.Source",
+                    localContext);
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(stackPrefix))
+                    AreStringPrefixesEqual(
+                        tokenReadingResult1.Exception.StackTrace.Trim(),
+                        tokenReadingResult2.Exception.StackTrace.Trim(),
+                        $"({name1}).Exception.StackTrace",
+                        $"({name2}).Exception.StackTrace",
+                        stackPrefix.Trim(),
+                        localContext);
+            }
+
+            return context.Merge(localContext);
+        }
+
         public static bool AreJArraysEqual(object object1, object object2, CompareContext context)
         {
             var localContext = new CompareContext(context);