How long does it take to read 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die?
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall takes about 17 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 36 minutes
A long haul
First published 2006. 960 pages, about 264,000 words.
36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Books and reading, Bibliography, Best books, Fiction
