diff --git a/src/hyparquet.d.ts b/src/hyparquet.d.ts
index cc31ebe..60fa46b 100644
--- a/src/hyparquet.d.ts
+++ b/src/hyparquet.d.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ export type { AsyncBuffer, Compressors, FileMetaData, SchemaTree }
  */
 export function parquetRead(options: ParquetReadOptions): Promise<void>
 
+/**
+ * Read parquet data and return a Promise of object-oriented row data.
+ *
+ * @param {object} options read options
+ * @param {AsyncBuffer} options.file file-like object containing parquet data
+ * @param {FileMetaData} [options.metadata] parquet file metadata
+ * @param {string[]} [options.columns] columns to read, all columns if undefined
+ * @param {number} [options.rowStart] first requested row index (inclusive)
+ * @param {number} [options.rowEnd] last requested row index (exclusive)
+ * @param {Compressors} [options.compressor] custom decompressors
+ * @returns {Promise<void>} resolves when all requested rows and columns are parsed
+ */
+export function parquetReadObjects(options: ParquetReadOptions): Promise<Array<Record<string, any>>>
+
 /**
  * Read parquet metadata from an async buffer.
  *
diff --git a/src/hyparquet.js b/src/hyparquet.js
index 407e7f5..da99d59 100644
--- a/src/hyparquet.js
+++ b/src/hyparquet.js
@@ -9,3 +9,17 @@ export { snappyUncompress }
 
 import { asyncBufferFromFile, asyncBufferFromUrl, toJson } from './utils.js'
 export { asyncBufferFromFile, asyncBufferFromUrl, toJson }
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('./hyparquet.js').ParquetReadOptions} options
+ * @returns {Promise<Array<Record<string, any>>>}
+ */
+export function parquetReadObjects(options) {
+  return new Promise((onComplete, reject) => {
+    parquetRead({
+      rowFormat: 'object',
+      ...options,
+      onComplete,
+    }).catch(reject)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/test/read.test.js b/test/read.test.js
index 94c4086..fa091c6 100644
--- a/test/read.test.js
+++ b/test/read.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { parquetRead } from '../src/hyparquet.js'
+import { parquetRead, parquetReadObjects } from '../src/hyparquet.js'
 import { asyncBufferFromFile, toJson } from '../src/utils.js'
 
 describe('parquetRead', () => {
@@ -130,14 +130,6 @@ describe('parquetRead', () => {
       file,
       columns: ['c'],
       rowFormat: 'object',
-      onChunk: chunk => {
-        expect(toJson(chunk)).toEqual({
-          columnName: 'c',
-          columnData: [2, 3, 4, 5, 2],
-          rowStart: 0,
-          rowEnd: 5,
-        })
-      },
       onComplete: (rows) => {
         expect(toJson(rows)).toEqual([
           { c: 2 },
@@ -155,23 +147,6 @@ describe('parquetRead', () => {
     await parquetRead({
       file,
       columns: ['c', 'missing', 'b', 'c'],
-      onChunk: chunk => {
-        if (chunk.columnName === 'b') {
-          expect(toJson(chunk)).toEqual({
-            columnName: 'b',
-            columnData: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
-            rowStart: 0,
-            rowEnd: 5,
-          })
-        } else {
-          expect(toJson(chunk)).toEqual({
-            columnName: 'c',
-            columnData: [2, 3, 4, 5, 2],
-            rowStart: 0,
-            rowEnd: 5,
-          })
-        }
-      },
       onComplete: (rows) => {
         expect(toJson(rows)).toEqual([
           [2, null, 1, 2],
@@ -183,4 +158,16 @@ describe('parquetRead', () => {
       },
     })
   })
+
+  it('read objects and return a promise', async () => {
+    const file = await asyncBufferFromFile('test/files/datapage_v2.snappy.parquet')
+    const rows = await parquetReadObjects({ file })
+    expect(toJson(rows)).toEqual([
+      { a: 'abc', b: 1, c: 2, d: true, e: [1, 2, 3] },
+      { a: 'abc', b: 2, c: 3, d: true },
+      { a: 'abc', b: 3, c: 4, d: true },
+      { a: null, b: 4, c: 5, d: false, e: [1, 2, 3] },
+      { a: 'abc', b: 5, c: 2, d: true, e: [1, 2] },
+    ])
+  })
 })