How long does it take to read By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead?
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2008. 240 pages, about 66,000 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
High school student Daelyn Rice, who has been bullied throughout her school career and has more than once attempted suicide, again makes plans to kill herself, in spite of the persistent attempts of an unusual boy to draw her out.
Subjects: Fiction, Suicide, Emotional problems, Bullying, Overweight persons, Children's fiction
