How long does it take to read Hard Luck?
Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney takes about 4 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 8 of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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About 4 hours
A weekend read
First published 2013. 218 pages, about 59,950 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 49 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Greg Heffley and his family and friends are back in Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8, the latest installment in the #1 bestselling series by Jeff Kinney and one of the most anticipated books of 2013. A global phenomenon, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has more than 85 million books in print around the world. Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
Subjects: Humorous stories, Fortune, Diaries, Middle schools, Juvenile fiction, Fiction