How long does it take to read 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die?
A Life-Changing List
James Mustich
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich takes about 17 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 29 minutes
A long haul
First published 2018. 954 pages, about 262,350 words.
35 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Encompassing fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die moves across cultures and through time to present an eclectic collection of titles, each described with the special enthusiasm readers summon when recommending a book to a friend. Mustich provides brief (usually one page) introductions to works of fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more. Ranging across cultures and through time, this eclectic collection of works is not a proscriptive list of the 'great works' but a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage. Arranged alphabetically by author, the list is a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Books and reading, Best books
