diff --git a/scribblings/tbn.scrbl b/scribblings/tbn.scrbl
index 0a44ee2..3738e5a 100644
--- a/scribblings/tbn.scrbl
+++ b/scribblings/tbn.scrbl
@@ -174,3 +174,29 @@ the thresholds are set to 0.
 (lists+headers->sbfs/state '((x y) (1 2) (1 1)))
 (lists->sbfs/state '((1 2) (1 1)))
 ]}
+
+@defproc[(read-org-tbfs/state [str String]) (Listof TBF/State)]{
+
+Reads a list of @racket[TBF/State] from an Org-mode string containing
+a sexp, containing a list of lists of numbers.  As in
+@racket[lists->tbfs/state], the last element of each list is taken to
+be the threshold of the TBF, and the rest of the elements are taken to
+be the weights.
+
+Similarly to @racket[lists->tbfs/state], the names of the variables
+are generated as @tt{xi}, where @italic{i} is the index of the
+variable, starting from 0.
+
+@ex[
+(read-org-tbfs/state "((1 2 3) (1 1 2))")
+]}
+
+@defproc[(read-org-tbfs/state+headers [str String]) (Listof TBF/State)]{
+
+Like @racket[read-org-tbfs/state], but the first list in @racket[str]
+is taken to contain the names of the variables, similarly to
+@racket[lists+headers->tbfs/state].
+
+@ex[
+(read-org-tbfs/state+headers "((a b f) (1 2 3) (1 1 2))")
+]}
diff --git a/tbn.rkt b/tbn.rkt
index 143181a..4e95d2b 100644
--- a/tbn.rkt
+++ b/tbn.rkt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
    lists+vars->tbfs/state lists+headers->tbfs/state lists->tbfs/state
    lists+vars->sbfs/state lists+headers->sbfs/state lists->sbfs/state
+   read-org-tbfs/state read-org-tbfs/state+headers
    )
 
   (: apply-tbf-to-state (-> TBF (State (U Zero One)) (U Zero One)))
@@ -156,6 +157,30 @@
                     (list
                      (tbf/state '#hash((x0 . 1) (x1 . 2)) 0)
                      (tbf/state '#hash((x0 . 1) (x1 . 1)) 0)))))
+
+  (: read-org-tbfs/state (-> String (Listof TBF/State)))
+  (define (read-org-tbfs/state str)
+    (lists->tbfs/state
+     (assert-type (read-org-sexp str)
+                  (Listof (Listof Real)))))
+
+  (module+ test
+    (test-case "read-org-tbfs/state"
+      (check-equal? (read-org-tbfs/state "((1 2 3) (1 1 2))")
+                    (list (tbf/state '#hash((x0 . 1) (x1 . 2)) 3)
+                          (tbf/state '#hash((x0 . 1) (x1 . 1)) 2)))))
+
+  (: read-org-tbfs/state+headers (-> String (Listof TBF/State)))
+  (define (read-org-tbfs/state+headers str)
+    (lists+headers->tbfs/state
+     (assert-type (read-org-sexp str)
+                  (Pairof (Listof Variable) (Listof (Listof Real))))))
+
+  (module+ test
+    (test-case "read-org-tbfs/state+headers"
+      (check-equal? (read-org-tbfs/state+headers "((a b f) (1 2 3) (1 1 2))")
+                    (list (tbf/state '#hash((a . 1) (b . 2)) 3)
+                          (tbf/state '#hash((a . 1) (b . 1)) 2)))))
   )
 
 (module+ test