How long does it take to read Novels?
Novels by Roald Dahl takes about 10 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 15 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1992. 559 pages, about 153,725 words. Written for children.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
