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How long does it take to read Big Little Lies?

Liane Moriarty

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty takes about 9 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 9 hours 23 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2014. 512 pages, about 140,800 words.

19 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 15 hours 39 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 9 hours 23 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes

The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that ‘sharing is caring.’ So how has the annual School Trivia Night ended in full-blown riot? Sirens are wailing. People are screaming. The principal is mortified. And one parent is dead. Was it a murder, a tragic accident or just good parents gone bad? As the parents at Pirriwee Public are about to discover, sometimes it’s the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal… Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, school-yard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. - author's website.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • sexual content
  • abuse

How these are chosen

Subjects: Suburbs, Murder, Families, Schools, Divorce, Parents

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