How long does it take to read A Little Life?
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara takes about 14 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 800 pages, about 220,000 words.
30 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was written over the course of eighteen months. Despite the length and difficult subject matter, it became a bestseller.
Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
- violence
- sexual content
- suicide
- abuse
- drug use
Subjects: LGBTQ novels, Coming of Age, Literary, Sagas, Families, Fiction
