How long does it take to read 12 Rules for Life?
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2015. 480 pages, about 132,000 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jordan Peterson, a Canadian clinical psychologist, offers guidance on how to live through a series of essays, each titled by one of twelve rules. Drawing on psychology, mythology, religion, ethics and personal anecdotes, he argues that hardship is woven into existence, and that people must either retreat from it or confront it and grow. He holds that pursuing meaning matters more than chasing happiness, and that individuals should take responsibility for themselves. Other chapters examine young men, child-rearing, relationships between men and women, and religion and nihilism.
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Subjects: Conduct of life, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth, psychology
