How long does it take to read How to Read a Book?
The Art of Getting a Liberal Education
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren
How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren takes about 7 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1940. 398 pages, about 109,450 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 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Reading, Psychology of, Psychology of Reading, Books and reading, Lecture, Reading, Long Now Manual for Civilization
