How long does it take to read 10% Happier?
10% Happier by Dan Harris takes about 7 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 427 pages, about 117,425 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After his nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. He realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had propelled him through the ranks of a hypercompetitive business, but had also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out. Eventually Harris stumbled upon an effective way to rein in that voice -- meditation, a tool that research suggests can do everything from lower your blood pressure to rewire your brain. Harris takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America's spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.
Subjects: Television journalists, Buddhism, Mind and body, Anecdotes, Stress management, Meditation
