How long does it take to read So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish?
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams takes about 3 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Previous: Life, the Universe and Everything Next: Mostly Harmless
About 3 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 202 pages, about 55,550 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 74 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Preceded by: Life, the Universe and Everything So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" written by Douglas Adams. Its title is the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Followed by: Mostly Harmless
Subjects: Trilogy of Four, fantasy fiction, Fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction, Ford Prefect (Fictitious character)
More by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.0 h 
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 4.1 h 
Life, the Universe and Everything 3.9 h 
Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Mostly Harmless / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe) 15.0 h 
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency 5.1 h 
Novels (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish) 10.8 h 
