diff --git a/SharpNBT.Tests/TagBuilderTest.cs b/SharpNBT.Tests/TagBuilderTest.cs
index 94cd204..a17b416 100644
--- a/SharpNBT.Tests/TagBuilderTest.cs
+++ b/SharpNBT.Tests/TagBuilderTest.cs
@@ -25,26 +25,26 @@ namespace SharpNBT.Tests
         public void CreateBigTest()
         {
 
-            var builder = new TagBuilder("Level")
-                .BeginCompound("nested compound test")
-                    .BeginCompound("egg").AddString("name", "Eggbert").AddFloat("value", 0.5f).EndCompound()
-                    .BeginCompound("ham").AddString("name", "Hampus").AddFloat("value", 0.75f).EndCompound()
-                .EndCompound()
-                .AddInt("iniTest", 2147483647)
-                .AddByte("byteTest", 127)
-                .AddString("stringTest", "HELLO WORLD THIS IS A TEST STRING \xc5\xc4\xd6!")
-                .BeginList(TagType.Long, "listTest (long)")
-                    .AddLong(11).AddLong(12).AddLong(13).AddLong(14).AddLong(15)
-                .EndList()
-                .AddDouble("doubleTest", 0.49312871321823148)
-                .AddFloat("floatTest", 0.49823147058486938f)
-                .AddLong("longTest", 9223372036854775807L)
-                .BeginList(TagType.Compound, "listTest (compound)")
-                    .BeginCompound().AddLong("created-on", 1264099775885L).AddString("name", "Compound tag #0").EndCompound()
-                    .BeginCompound().AddLong("created-on", 1264099775885L).AddString("name", "Compound tag #1").EndCompound()
-                .EndList()
-                .AddByteArray("byteArrayTest (the first 1000 values of (n*n*255+n*7)%100, starting with n=0 (0, 62, 34, 16, 8, ...))", GetByteArray())
-                .AddShort("shortTest", 32767);
+        var builder = new TagBuilder("Level")
+            .BeginCompound("nested compound test")
+                .BeginCompound("egg").AddString("name", "Eggbert").AddFloat("value", 0.5f).EndCompound()
+                .BeginCompound("ham").AddString("name", "Hampus").AddFloat("value", 0.75f).EndCompound()
+            .EndCompound()
+            .AddInt("iniTest", 2147483647)
+            .AddByte("byteTest", 127)
+            .AddString("stringTest", "HELLO WORLD THIS IS A TEST STRING \xc5\xc4\xd6!")
+            .BeginList(TagType.Long, "listTest (long)")
+                .AddLong(11).AddLong(12).AddLong(13).AddLong(14).AddLong(15)
+            .EndList()
+            .AddDouble("doubleTest", 0.49312871321823148)
+            .AddFloat("floatTest", 0.49823147058486938f)
+            .AddLong("longTest", 9223372036854775807L)
+            .BeginList(TagType.Compound, "listTest (compound)")
+                .BeginCompound().AddLong("created-on", 1264099775885L).AddString("name", "Compound tag #0").EndCompound()
+                .BeginCompound().AddLong("created-on", 1264099775885L).AddString("name", "Compound tag #1").EndCompound()
+            .EndList()
+            .AddByteArray("byteArrayTest (the first 1000 values of (n*n*255+n*7)%100, starting with n=0 (0, 62, 34, 16, 8, ...))", GetByteArray())
+            .AddShort("shortTest", 32767);
             
             output.WriteLine(builder.Create().PrettyPrinted());
         }
@@ -105,5 +105,16 @@ namespace SharpNBT.Tests
             
             output.WriteLine(tb.Create().PrettyPrinted());
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Test3()
+        {
+            var builder = new TagBuilder("My NBT Structure");
+            builder.AddInt("Health", 9000);
+            builder.AddString("PlayerName", "Herobrine");
+            var result = builder.Create();
+            
+            output.WriteLine(result.PrettyPrinted());
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/SharpNBT/NbtFile.cs b/SharpNBT/NbtFile.cs
index 8a7af76..747fc52 100644
--- a/SharpNBT/NbtFile.cs
+++ b/SharpNBT/NbtFile.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@ namespace SharpNBT
     [PublicAPI]
     public static class NbtFile
     {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads a file at the given <paramref name="path"/> and deserializes the top-level <see cref="Tag"/> contained in the file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to the file to be read.</param>
+        /// <param name="compression">Indicates the compression algorithm used to compress the file.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">Bitwise flags to configure how data should be handled for compatibility between different specifications.</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of tag to deserialize.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>The deserialized <see cref="Tag"/> instance.</returns>
+        public static T Read<T>([NotNull] string path, FormatOptions options, CompressionType compression = CompressionType.AutoDetect) where T : TagContainer
+        {
+            using var reader = new TagReader(GetReadStream(path, compression), options);
+            return reader.ReadTag<T>();
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Reads a file at the given <paramref name="path"/> and deserializes the top-level <see cref="CompoundTag"/> contained in the file.
         /// </summary>
@@ -26,6 +41,19 @@ namespace SharpNBT
             return reader.ReadTag<CompoundTag>();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Asynchronously reads a file at the given <paramref name="path"/> and deserializes the top-level <see cref="Tag"/> contained in the file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to the file to be read.</param>
+        /// <param name="compression">Indicates the compression algorithm used to compress the file.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">Bitwise flags to configure how data should be handled for compatibility between different specifications.</param>
+        /// <returns>The deserialized <see cref="Tag"/> instance.</returns>
+        public static async Task<T> ReadAsync<T>([NotNull] string path, FormatOptions options, CompressionType compression = CompressionType.AutoDetect) where T : TagContainer
+        {
+            await using var reader = new TagReader(GetReadStream(path, compression), options);
+            return await reader.ReadTagAsync<T>();
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Asynchronously reads a file at the given <paramref name="path"/> and deserializes the top-level <see cref="CompoundTag"/> contained in the file.
         /// </summary>
@@ -38,7 +66,7 @@ namespace SharpNBT
             await using var reader = new TagReader(GetReadStream(path, compression), options);
             return await reader.ReadTagAsync<CompoundTag>();
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes the given <paramref name="tag"/> to a file at the specified <paramref name="path"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -54,6 +82,14 @@ namespace SharpNBT
             writer.WriteTag(tag);
         }
         
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="Write(string,SharpNBT.CompoundTag,SharpNBT.FormatOptions,SharpNBT.CompressionType,System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel)"/>
+        public static void Write([NotNull] string path, [NotNull] ListTag tag, FormatOptions options, CompressionType type = CompressionType.GZip, CompressionLevel level = CompressionLevel.Fastest)
+        {
+            using var stream = File.OpenWrite(path);
+            using var writer = new TagWriter(GetWriteStream(stream, type, level), options);
+            writer.WriteTag(tag);
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Asynchronously writes the given <paramref name="tag"/> to a file at the specified <paramref name="path"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -68,6 +104,14 @@ namespace SharpNBT
             await using var writer = new TagWriter(GetWriteStream(stream, type, level), options);
             await writer.WriteTagAsync(tag);
         }
+        
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="WriteAsync(string,SharpNBT.CompoundTag,SharpNBT.FormatOptions,SharpNBT.CompressionType,System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel)"/>
+        public static async Task WriteAsync([NotNull] string path, [NotNull] ListTag tag, FormatOptions options, CompressionType type = CompressionType.GZip, CompressionLevel level = CompressionLevel.Fastest)
+        {
+            await using var stream = File.OpenWrite(path);
+            await using var writer = new TagWriter(GetWriteStream(stream, type, level), options);
+            await writer.WriteTagAsync(tag);
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Opens an existing NBT file for reading, and returns a <see cref="TagReader"/> instance for it.