Reading is one of language skills that should be learned well by students. But, students had difficulty comprehend the text. Therefore the strategy is needed to improve students’ reading comprehension. The study aims to explain the effectiveness of integrating digital storytelling and listen-read-discuss for boosting students’ reading comprehension. The study employed quantitative method. The research design belongs to pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test. The instrument of the research was reading test consisted of 15 numbers. The population of the research was the students of the second year at SMPN 18 Semarang. The research was conducted in three meetings where one meeting for pre-test, one meeting for treatment, and the last meeting for post-test. The sample of the research was taken by using purposive sampling technique at class VIII.G of SMPN 18 Semarang which consist of 32 students. Based on statistical analysis that the application of digital storytelling and listen-read-discuss was effective to increase students’ reading comprehension of the second year at SMPN 18 Semarang. It was proved by result of data analysis such as the mean score of pre-test was 72.84 and the mean score of post-test was 84.87. It means that the score of post-test was higher than the score of pre-test. It was supported by the result of t-test analysis where the t-test value (5,01) was higher than t-table value (1,699) of degree of freedom (0.05). It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, while null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. It can be concluded that the use of digital storytelling and Listen-Read-Discuss was effective for boosting students’ reading comprehension