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How long does it take to read Reasons to Stay Alive?

Matt Haig

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 59 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2015. 272 pages, about 74,800 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 19 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 59 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 7 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt’s inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it."

Subjects: Mental Depression, Depressed persons, Biography, Life skills, American Authors, Écrivains américains

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