diff --git a/src/binary/reader.rs b/src/binary/reader.rs
index 30010b3..9b408f3 100644
--- a/src/binary/reader.rs
+++ b/src/binary/reader.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::{
     lexer::{read_id, read_string, read_token},
     LexError, LexemeId, LexerError, Token,
 };
-use crate::buffer::{BufferError, BufferWindow, BufferWindowBuilder};
+use crate::buffer::{BufferError, BufferWindow, BufferWindowBuilder, SliceReader};
 use std::{fmt, io::Read};
 
 /// [Lexer](crate::binary::Lexer) that works over a [Read] implementation
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ where
         TokenReader::builder().build(reader)
     }
 
+    /// Read from a byte slice without memcpy's
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn from_slice(data: &[u8]) -> TokenReader<SliceReader<'_>> {
+        TokenReader {
+            reader: SliceReader::new(data),
+            buf: BufferWindow::from_slice(data),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the byte position of the data stream that has been processed.
     ///
     /// ```rust
diff --git a/src/buffer.rs b/src/buffer.rs
index 5cb66d1..4901507 100644
--- a/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/buffer.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::Scalar;
-use std::{io::Read, ops::Range};
+use std::{io::Read, marker::PhantomData, ops::Range};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BufferWindow {
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ pub enum BufferError {
 }
 
 impl BufferWindow {
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn from_slice(data: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            buf: Box::new([]),
+            start: data.as_ptr(),
+            end: data.as_ptr_range().end,
+            prior_reads: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn advance_to(&mut self, ptr: *const u8) {
         debug_assert!((self.start..=self.end).contains(&ptr));
@@ -139,3 +149,18 @@ impl BufferWindowBuilder {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct SliceReader<'a>(PhantomData<&'a [u8]>);
+
+impl<'a> SliceReader<'a> {
+    pub fn new(_data: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
+        SliceReader(PhantomData)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Read for SliceReader<'a> {
+    fn read(&mut self, _buf: &mut [u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        Ok(0)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/text/reader.rs b/src/text/reader.rs
index 896ca49..820cb8b 100644
--- a/src/text/reader.rs
+++ b/src/text/reader.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use super::Operator;
 use crate::{
-    buffer::{BufferError, BufferWindow, BufferWindowBuilder},
+    buffer::{BufferError, BufferWindow, BufferWindowBuilder, SliceReader},
     data::is_boundary,
     util::{contains_zero_byte, count_chunk, repeat_byte},
     Scalar,
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ where
         TokenReader::builder().build(reader)
     }
 
+    /// Read from a byte slice without memcpy's
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn from_slice(data: &[u8]) -> TokenReader<SliceReader<'_>> {
+        TokenReader {
+            reader: SliceReader::new(data),
+            buf: BufferWindow::from_slice(data),
+            utf8: Utf8Bom::Unknown,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the byte position of the data stream that has been processed.
     ///
     /// ```rust