Reading habit can be defined as constant reading by an individual in a critical manner, as a result of his considering this activity as a need to be met and a source of pleasure.The present study is an attempt to find out and to compare the reading habit of library users of two universities i.e., University of Jammu (JU), Jammu and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra. The data were collected with the help of a standard questionnaire distributed to 500 users. The result of the study revealed that in JU, majority of library users are male contributing 55.5% whereas in SMVDU both male and female users are almost represented by nearly similar percentage with 51.9% males and 48.1% females.In JU, maximum library users visit library for studying course material (57.8%) followed by newspaper and magazine reading (42.9%) whereas in SMVDU maximum library users visit library for reading newspaper/ magazines (67.8%) followed by reading of competitive exams books (55.5%) and for studying course material (45.1%).