diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/ynverxe/nbt_structure/nbt/NBTReadable.java b/src/main/java/com/github/ynverxe/nbt_structure/nbt/NBTReadable.java
index ebf201b..be57c68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/ynverxe/nbt_structure/nbt/NBTReadable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/ynverxe/nbt_structure/nbt/NBTReadable.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public interface NBTReadable {
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ public interface NBTReadable {
         return new Tag<>(key, found);
     }
 
+    default <N extends NBT<?>> @NotNull Optional<N> readOptional(@NotNull String key, @NotNull TagType<N> type) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(read(key, type));
+    }
+
     default <N extends NBT<?>> @Nullable N read(@NotNull String key, @NotNull TagType<N> type) {
         return type.cast(read(key));
     }
@@ -41,6 +46,10 @@ default <V, T> T parseValue(@NotNull String key, @NotNull TagType<NBT<V>> type,
         return found != null ? parser.apply(found) : null;
     }
 
+    default <V> @NotNull Optional<V> readOptionalValue(@NotNull String key, @NotNull TagType<NBT<V>> type) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(readValue(key, type));
+    }
+
     default @Nullable Number readNumber(@NotNull String key) {
         return readValue(key);
     }