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How long does it take to read Harry Potter (Series) 1-5?

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter (Series) 1-5 by J. K. Rowling takes about 36 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 36 hours 40 minutes

A long haul

First published 2003. 2,000 pages, about 550,000 words.

74 days (about 11 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 61 hours 7 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 36 hours 40 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 22 hours 55 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Wizards, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Magic, fiction, Schools, fiction, England, fiction

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