diff --git a/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt b/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
index ae0cb51..af14709 100644
--- a/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,3 +78,8 @@ add_executable(writing_tcp_sync
   src/chapter02_io/writing_tcp_sync.cpp
   src/sdk.h)
 target_link_libraries(writing_tcp_sync PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+
+add_executable(reading_tcp_sync
+  src/chapter02_io/reading_tcp_sync.cpp
+  src/sdk.h)
+target_link_libraries(reading_tcp_sync PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
diff --git a/boost_boilerplate/src/chapter02_io/reading_tcp_sync.cpp b/boost_boilerplate/src/chapter02_io/reading_tcp_sync.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dbe5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boost_boilerplate/src/chapter02_io/reading_tcp_sync.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+
+using namespace boost;
+using namespace std;
+namespace net = boost::asio;
+
+string ReadFromSocket(net::ip::tcp::socket& sock)
+{
+  constexpr unsigned char k_MessageSize = 6;
+  char buf[k_MessageSize];
+  size_t total_bytes_read = 0;
+
+  while (total_bytes_read != k_MessageSize)
+  {
+    total_bytes_read += sock.read_some(net::buffer(buf + total_bytes_read,
+                                       k_MessageSize - total_bytes_read));
+  }
+
+  return string {buf, total_bytes_read};
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  string raw_ip_address = "127.0.0.1";
+  size_t port_num = 3333;
+
+  try
+  {
+    net::ip::tcp::endpoint ep(net::ip::address::from_string(raw_ip_address),
+                              port_num);
+
+    net::io_service ios;
+    net::ip::tcp::socket sock(ios, ep.protocol());
+
+    sock.connect(ep);
+
+    cout << ReadFromSocket(sock);
+  }
+  catch (const system::system_error& e)
+  {
+    cout << "Error!" << e.what() << endl;
+  }
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}