diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a6bfb8..6101895 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Provides injectable Filesystem and Network resources to make code more testable.
 - [x] `std::fs::create_dir_all` - `dir(path).create_all()` - Recursively create a directory and all of its parent components if they are missing.
 - [ ] `std::fs::hard_link` - `link(path)create()` - Creates a new hard link on the filesystem.
 - [ ] `std::fs::metadata` - `path(path).metadata()` - Given a path, query the file system to get information about a file, directory, etc.
-- [ ] `std::fs::read` - `file(path).reader().bytes()` - Read the entire contents of a file into a bytes vector.
+- [x] `std::fs::read` - `file(path).reader().bytes()` - Read the entire contents of a file into a bytes vector.
 - [x] `std::fs::read_dir` - `dir(path).read()` - Returns an iterator over the entries within a directory.
 - [ ] `std::fs::read_link` - `link(path).read()` - Reads a symbolic link, returning the file that the link points to.
 - [x] `std::fs::read_to_string` - `file(path).reader().to_string()` - Read the entire contents of a file into a string.
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 38c5e65..235afc2 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 build:
+  #!/usr/bin/env bash
+  set -e
   cargo fmt
   cargo fmt --check
-  cargo hack --feature-powerset clippy
-  cargo hack --feature-powerset build
-  cargo hack --feature-powerset test
+  cargo hack clippy
+  cargo hack build
+  cargo hack test
   cargo doc
 
 install-hooks:
diff --git a/src/fs/dir.rs b/src/fs/dir.rs
index 377a2b2..34a97d6 100644
--- a/src/fs/dir.rs
+++ b/src/fs/dir.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use crate::fs::{DirItem, DirItemIterator, Result};
 
 use super::{
-    path::{DirMarker, PathReal}, DirHandle, Error, FileHandle, FileMarker, PathHandle, PathMarker
+    DirHandle, Error, FileHandle, PathHandle,
 };
 
 impl<'base, 'path> DirHandle<'base, 'path> {
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ impl<'base, 'path> DirHandle<'base, 'path> {
 impl<'base, 'path> TryFrom<PathHandle<'base, 'path>> for FileHandle<'base, 'path> {
     type Error = crate::fs::Error;
 
-    fn try_from(
-        path: PathHandle<'base, 'path>,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+    fn try_from(path: PathHandle<'base, 'path>) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         match path.as_file() {
             Ok(Some(dir)) => Ok(dir.clone()),
             Ok(None) => Err(crate::fs::Error::NotADirectory {
@@ -79,9 +77,7 @@ impl<'base, 'path> TryFrom<PathHandle<'base, 'path>> for FileHandle<'base, 'path
 impl<'base, 'path> TryFrom<PathHandle<'base, 'path>> for DirHandle<'base, 'path> {
     type Error = crate::fs::Error;
 
-    fn try_from(
-        path: PathHandle<'base, 'path>,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+    fn try_from(path: PathHandle<'base, 'path>) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         match path.as_dir() {
             Ok(Some(dir)) => Ok(dir.clone()),
             Ok(None) => Err(crate::fs::Error::NotADirectory {
diff --git a/src/fs/file.rs b/src/fs/file.rs
index 9f55e62..3a2436b 100644
--- a/src/fs/file.rs
+++ b/src/fs/file.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 use crate::fs::Result;
 
 use super::{
-    path::{FileMarker, PathReal},
     reader::Reader,
     Error, FileHandle,
 };
diff --git a/src/fs/reader.rs b/src/fs/reader.rs
index 1b64784..ae45ee5 100644
--- a/src/fs/reader.rs
+++ b/src/fs/reader.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ impl Reader {
     pub fn lines(&self) -> Lines<'_> {
         self.contents.lines()
     }
+
+    /// Returns the contents of the file as bytes.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use kxio::fs::Result;
+    /// # fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    /// let fs = kxio::fs::temp()?;
+    /// let path = fs.base().join("foo");
+    /// let file = fs.file(&path);
+    /// # file.write("new file contents")?;
+    /// let bytes = file.reader()?.bytes();
+    /// #    Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.contents.as_bytes()
+    }
 }
 impl Display for Reader {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
diff --git a/tests/fs.rs b/tests/fs.rs
index e830f50..9c2198f 100644
--- a/tests/fs.rs
+++ b/tests/fs.rs
@@ -403,3 +403,24 @@ mod copy {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+mod reader {
+    use super::*;
+    mod bytes {
+        use super::*;
+        #[test]
+        fn should_return_bytes() -> TestResult {
+            let fs = fs::temp().expect("temp fs");
+            let path = fs.base().join("foo");
+            let file = fs.file(&path);
+            file.write("bar").expect("write");
+            let reader = file.reader().expect("reader");
+            let bytes = reader.bytes();
+            assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 3);
+            assert_eq!(bytes[0], b'b');
+            assert_eq!(bytes[1], b'a');
+            assert_eq!(bytes[2], b'r');
+
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+}