How long does it take to read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit?
Patsey Gray
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit by Patsey Gray takes about 1 hour 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 87 pages, about 23,925 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Bilbo Baggins (Fictitious character), Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fiction
