How long does it take to read The Catcher in the Rye?
J. D. Salinger, Shao jia yun
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Shao jia yun takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1945. 240 pages, about 66,000 words. Written for young adults.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 204 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.
Subjects: fictional works, Runaway teenagers, Fiction, Adolescence, teenage boys, Brothers and sisters
