diff --git a/test/graph_input_tests.cpp b/test/graph_input_tests.cpp
index a9d9dbb..4cec0a3 100644
--- a/test/graph_input_tests.cpp
+++ b/test/graph_input_tests.cpp
@@ -435,6 +435,40 @@ TEST_CASE("read_graph, floating point weights")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("read_graph, loops")
+{
+    Edges32 edges;
+    auto emplace = [&](Vertex32 const u, Vertex32 const v) { edges.push_back({ u, v }); };
+
+    std::ifstream ia_southernwomen_input(graph_path + undirected_unweighted_loops_ia_southernwomen);
+
+    // we start at 0 so we must have 18 + 1 vertices, the vertex count differs
+    // here since all vertices must be stored starting from 0 to highest vertex
+    // ID which in this case is 18
+    unsigned int constexpr ia_southernwoman_vertex_count = 18 + 1;
+    unsigned int constexpr ia_southernwoman_loop_count = 14;
+    unsigned int constexpr ia_southernwoman_edge_count_loops = (89 - ia_southernwoman_loop_count) * 2 + ia_southernwoman_loop_count;
+    unsigned int constexpr ia_southernwoman_edge_count_no_loops = ia_southernwoman_edge_count_loops - 14;
+
+    SECTION("reading with loops")
+    {
+        auto const [vertex_count, edge_count] =
+            gdsb::read_graph<Vertex32, decltype(emplace), EdgeListUndirectedUnweightedLoopStatic>(ia_southernwomen_input,
+                                                                                                  std::move(emplace));
+        CHECK(vertex_count == ia_southernwoman_vertex_count);
+        CHECK(edge_count == ia_southernwoman_edge_count_loops);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("reading no loops")
+    {
+        auto const [vertex_count, edge_count] =
+            gdsb::read_graph<Vertex32, decltype(emplace), EdgeListUndirectedUnweightedNoLoopStatic>(ia_southernwomen_input,
+                                                                                                    std::move(emplace));
+        CHECK(vertex_count == ia_southernwoman_vertex_count);
+        CHECK(edge_count == ia_southernwoman_edge_count_no_loops);
+    }
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("read_graph, market_matrix")
 {
     Edges32 edges;
diff --git a/test/graphs/README.md b/test/graphs/README.md
index d4ea0b3..2658bc0 100644
--- a/test/graphs/README.md
+++ b/test/graphs/README.md
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ A synthetic graph made for testing purposes by the author.
 # aves-songbird-social.edges
 Source: https://networkrepository.com/aves-songbird-social.php
 Adelman, James S., et al.
-"Real-world animal interaction network data sets. Animal interaction data from published studies of wild, captive, and domesticated animals."
\ No newline at end of file
+"Real-world animal interaction network data sets. Animal interaction data from published studies of wild, captive, and domesticated animals."
+
+# ia-southernwomen.edges
+Source: https://networkrepository.com/ia-southernwomen.php
+Davis and colleague in the 1930s
+"Observed attendance at 14 social events by 18 Southern women."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/graphs/ia-southernwomen.edges b/test/graphs/ia-southernwomen.edges
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e44f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/graphs/ia-southernwomen.edges
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+% bip unweighted
+% 89 18 14
+1 1 
+1 2 
+1 3 
+1 4 
+1 5 
+1 6 
+1 7 
+1 8 
+2 1 
+2 2 
+2 3 
+2 5 
+2 6 
+2 9 
+2 7 
+3 2 
+3 3 
+3 4 
+3 5 
+3 6 
+3 9 
+3 7 
+3 8 
+4 1 
+4 3 
+4 4 
+4 5 
+4 6 
+4 9 
+4 7 
+5 3 
+5 4 
+5 5 
+5 9 
+6 3 
+6 5 
+6 6 
+6 7 
+7 5 
+7 6 
+7 9 
+7 7 
+8 6 
+8 7 
+8 8 
+9 5 
+9 9 
+9 7 
+9 8 
+10 9 
+10 7 
+10 8 
+10 10 
+11 7 
+11 8 
+11 11 
+11 10 
+12 7 
+12 8 
+12 11 
+12 10 
+12 12 
+12 13 
+13 9 
+13 7 
+13 8 
+13 11 
+13 10 
+13 12 
+13 13 
+14 6 
+14 9 
+14 8 
+14 11 
+14 14 
+14 10 
+14 12 
+14 13 
+15 9 
+15 7 
+15 11 
+15 14 
+15 10 
+16 7 
+16 8 
+17 8 
+17 14 
+18 8 
+18 14 
diff --git a/test/test_graph.h b/test/test_graph.h
index 0d35f46..e615db1 100644
--- a/test/test_graph.h
+++ b/test/test_graph.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ static std::string unweighted_directed_graph_enzymes{ "ENZYMES_g1.edges" };
 static std::string unweighted_directed_graph_enzymes_bin{ "ENZYMES_g1.bin" };
 static std::string undirected_unweighted_soc_dolphins{ "soc-dolphins.mtx" };
 static std::string undirected_weighted_aves_songbird_social{ "aves-songbird-social.edges" };
+static std::string undirected_unweighted_loops_ia_southernwomen{ "ia-southernwomen.edges" };
 
 constexpr uint32_t enzymes_g1_vertex_count = 38;
 constexpr uint32_t enzymes_g1_edge_count = 168;