An information reading apparatus of the present invention is an information reading apparatus which photographs an information recording medium having information recorded thereon and reads the information. This information reading apparatus includes a judging section which judges whether the information recording medium is in a two-page spread layout by analyzing a photographed image of the information recording medium, and a dividing section which divides the photographed image of the information recording medium into the pages of a two-page spread when the judging section judges that the information recording medium is in a two-page spread layout.