How long does it take to read Paper Towns?
Paper Towns by John Green takes about 6 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2008. 367 pages, about 100,925 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 51 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Subjects: Fiction, Coming of age, Missing persons, Mystery and detective stories, Juvenile fiction, High school students
