diff --git a/PyPDF2/_reader.py b/PyPDF2/_reader.py
index 65586d7d5..ab34c7a9e 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/_reader.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/_reader.py
@@ -800,6 +800,20 @@ def getOutlines(
         deprecate_with_replacement("getOutlines", "outline")
         return self._get_outline(node, outline)
 
+    @property
+    def threads(self) -> Optional[ArrayObject]:
+        """
+        Read-only property for the list of threads see §8.3.2 from PDF 1.7 spec
+
+        :return: an Array of Dictionnaries with "/F" and "/I" properties
+                 or None if no articles.
+        """
+        catalog = cast(DictionaryObject, self.trailer[TK.ROOT])
+        if CO.THREADS in catalog:
+            return cast("ArrayObject", catalog[CO.THREADS])
+        else:
+            return None
+
     def _get_page_number_by_indirect(
         self, indirect_ref: Union[None, int, NullObject, IndirectObject]
     ) -> int:
diff --git a/PyPDF2/_writer.py b/PyPDF2/_writer.py
index 12539900d..3ad538da9 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/_writer.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/_writer.py
@@ -1098,6 +1098,29 @@ def get_outline_root(self) -> TreeObject:
 
         return outline
 
+    def get_threads_root(self) -> ArrayObject:
+        """
+        the list of threads see §8.3.2 from PDF 1.7 spec
+
+                :return: an Array (possibly empty) of Dictionaries with "/F" and "/I" properties
+        """
+        if CO.THREADS in self._root_object:
+            # TABLE 3.25 Entries in the catalog dictionary
+            threads = cast(ArrayObject, self._root_object[CO.THREADS])
+        else:
+            threads = ArrayObject()
+            self._root_object[NameObject(CO.THREADS)] = threads
+        return threads
+
+    @property
+    def threads(self) -> ArrayObject:
+        """
+        Read-only property for the list of threads see §8.3.2 from PDF 1.7 spec
+
+        :return: an Array (possibly empty) of Dictionaries with "/F" and "/I" properties
+        """
+        return self.get_threads_root()
+
     def getOutlineRoot(self) -> TreeObject:  # pragma: no cover
         """
         .. deprecated:: 1.28.0
diff --git a/PyPDF2/constants.py b/PyPDF2/constants.py
index f8d3faf8f..a2f8c49ed 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/constants.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/constants.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Core:
     """Keywords that don't quite belong anywhere else."""
 
     OUTLINES = "/Outlines"
+    THREADS = "/Threads"
     PAGE = "/Page"
     PAGES = "/Pages"
     CATALOG = "/Catalog"
diff --git a/tests/test_reader.py b/tests/test_reader.py
index 0338d6eb2..8e109cfbd 100644
--- a/tests/test_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_reader.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     WrongPasswordError,
 )
 from PyPDF2.generic import (
+    ArrayObject,
     Destination,
     DictionaryObject,
     NameObject,
@@ -1193,6 +1194,18 @@ def test_zeroing_xref():
     len(reader.pages)
 
 
+def test_thread():
+    url = "https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/files/9066120/UTA_OSHA_3115_Fall_Protection_Training_09162021_.pdf"
+    name = "UTA_OSHA.pdf"
+    reader = PdfReader(BytesIO(get_pdf_from_url(url, name=name)))
+    assert reader.threads is None
+    url = "https://corpora.tika.apache.org/base/docs/govdocs1/924/924666.pdf"
+    name = "tika-924666.pdf"
+    reader = PdfReader(BytesIO(get_pdf_from_url(url, name=name)))
+    assert isinstance(reader.threads, ArrayObject)
+    assert len(reader.threads) >= 1
+
+
 def test_build_outline_item(caplog):
     url = "https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/files/9464742/shiv_resume.pdf"
     name = "shiv_resume.pdf"
diff --git a/tests/test_writer.py b/tests/test_writer.py
index 70adf3ba2..fa8638b3d 100644
--- a/tests/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/test_writer.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from PyPDF2 import PageObject, PdfMerger, PdfReader, PdfWriter
 from PyPDF2.errors import PageSizeNotDefinedError
 from PyPDF2.generic import (
+    ArrayObject,
     IndirectObject,
     NameObject,
     NumberObject,
@@ -856,3 +857,12 @@ def test_startup_dest():
     pdf_file_writer.open_destination = None
     assert "/OpenAction" not in pdf_file_writer._root_object
     pdf_file_writer.open_destination = None
+
+
+def test_threads_empty():
+    writer = PdfWriter()
+    thr = writer.threads
+    assert isinstance(thr, ArrayObject)
+    assert len(thr) == 0
+    thr2 = writer.threads
+    assert thr == thr2