How long does it take to read Happy Place?
Happy Place by Emily Henry takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2023. 400 pages, about 110,000 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Happy Place follows Harriet Kilpatrick, a worn-out surgical resident, and Wyn Connor, her partner of eight years. They have quietly split up but hide this from their close friends. Each year the group gathers at a Maine cottage they call their happy place, so the two agree to pose as a loving couple for one more stay. Keeping up the act grows harder as the story shifts between the present and their college-era beginnings, exploring love, loss, and what happiness really means.
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