How long does it take to read Canon of Medicine?
Avicenna
Canon of Medicine by Avicenna takes about 15 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 13 minutes
A long haul
First published 1999. 830 pages, about 228,250 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.