A contact-type image reading apparatus includes two image reading units each of which has light-receiving elements arranged two-dimensionally for reading an image on an original in two-dimensional directions, a first body unit which includes one of the two image reading units as a first image reading unit, and a second body unit which includes the other image reading unit as a second image reading unit disposed so as to be openable and closable with respect to the first body unit for sandwiching the original therebetween when the second body unit is closed.When the second body unit is closed, the second body unit is closed with respect to a surface where the first image reading unit is provided in the first body unit, and the second image reading unit is disposed to face the first image reading unit.