How long does it take to read Life, the Universe and Everything?
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams takes about 3 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Previous: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Next: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
About 3 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 210 pages, about 57,750 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 65 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Life, the Universe and Everything is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction "trilogy" by British writer Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Subjects: sofas, xenophobia, paradoxes, Infinite Improbability Drive, Heart of Gold, reverse engineering
More by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.0 h 
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 4.1 h 
Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Mostly Harmless / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe) 15.0 h 
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency 5.1 h 
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 3.7 h 
Novels (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish) 10.8 h 
