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