How long does it take to read Siddhartha?
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse takes about 2 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1922. 141 pages, about 38,775 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 218 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.
Subjects: Alegorías, Buddha (The concept), Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism, Buddhist Philosophy, Budismo
