How long does it take to read Meaning of Happiness?
Meaning of Happiness by Alan Watts takes about 4 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1968. 219 pages, about 60,225 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A discussion of the ways that different cultures and religions define happiness and describe how it can be achieved; draws upon eastern philosophy, western mysticism, and analytic psychology"--
Subjects: Happiness, Mysticism, Psychoanalysis, Oriental Philosophy, Oreintal Philosophy, East and west