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How long does it take to read The Blue Zones?

Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

Dan Buettner

The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 52 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2008. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Longevity, Medical geography

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