diff --git a/windows/test/mytest.py b/windows/test/mytest.py
index 530835c..8354600 100644
--- a/windows/test/mytest.py
+++ b/windows/test/mytest.py
@@ -112,20 +112,39 @@ class WindowsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 calc.write_memory(k32.baseaddr, "XD")
             self.assertEqual(calc.read_memory(k32.baseaddr, 2), "XD")
 
-    def test_read_wstring(self):
+
+    def test_read_string(self):
         test_string = "TEST_STRING"
+        string_to_write = test_string + "\x00"
         with Calc32() as calc:
             addr = calc.virtual_alloc(0x1000)
-            calc.write_memory(addr, "\x00".join(test_string + "\x00"))
+            calc.write_memory(addr, string_to_write)
+            self.assertEqual(calc.read_string(addr), test_string)
+
+    def test_read_string_end_page(self):
+        test_string = "TEST_STRING"
+        string_to_write = test_string + "\x00"
+        with Calc32() as calc:
+            addr = calc.virtual_alloc(0x1000) + 0x1000 - len(string_to_write)
+            calc.write_memory(addr, string_to_write)
+            self.assertEqual(calc.read_string(addr), test_string)
+
+    def test_read_wstring(self):
+        test_string = "TEST_STRING"
+        string_to_write = test_string + "\x00"
+        with Calc32() as calc:
+            addr = calc.virtual_alloc(0x1000)
+            calc.write_memory(addr, "\x00".join(string_to_write))
             self.assertEqual(calc.read_wstring(addr), test_string)
 
 
     def test_read_wstring_end_page(self):
         test_string = "TEST_STRING"
+        string_to_write = test_string + "\x00"
         with Calc32() as calc:
             # Setup string addr at end of page
             addr = calc.virtual_alloc(0x1000) + 0x1000 - 26
-            calc.write_memory(addr, "\x00".join(test_string + "\x00"))
+            calc.write_memory(addr, "\x00".join(string_to_write))
             self.assertEqual(calc.read_wstring(addr), test_string)
 
     # Native execution
diff --git a/windows/winobject/process.py b/windows/winobject/process.py
index 2853006..a2dbf1c 100644
--- a/windows/winobject/process.py
+++ b/windows/winobject/process.py
@@ -538,8 +538,20 @@ class Process(AutoHandle):
     def read_string(self, addr):
         """Read an ascii string at ``addr``"""
         res = []
+        read_size = 0x100
+        readden = 0
         for i in itertools.count():
-            x = self.read_memory(addr + (i * 0x100), 0x100)
+            try:
+                x = self.read_memory(addr + readden, read_size)
+            except winproxy.Kernel32Error as e:
+                if read_size == 2:
+                    raise
+                # handle read_wstring at end of page
+                # Of read failed: read only the half of size
+                # read_size must remain a multiple of 2
+                read_size = read_size / 2
+                continue
+            readden += read_size
             if "\x00" in x:
                 res.append(x.split("\x00", 1)[0])
                 break