How long does it take to read The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes about 3 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 211 pages, about 58,025 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 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Benjamin Button was born an old man, and ages backwards.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Fiction, Nineteen twenties, Short Stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)
