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How long does it take to read The Elite?

Kiera Cass

The Elite by Kiera Cass takes about 6 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of The Selection Series

Previous: The Selection Next: The One

About 6 hours 10 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2012. 336 pages, about 92,400 words. Written for children.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 10 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection. All but six have been sent home. And only one will get to marry Prince Maxon and be crowned princess of Illea. America still isn’t sure where her heart lies. When she’s with Maxon, she’s swept up in their new and breathless romance, and can’t dream of being with anyone else. But whenever she sees Aspen standing guard around the palace, and is overcome with memories of the life they planned to share. With the group narrowed down to the Elite, the other girls are even more determined to win Maxon over—and time is running out for America to decide. Just when America is sure she’s made her choice, a devastating loss makes her question everything again. And while she’s struggling to imagine her future, the violent rebels that are determined to overthrow the monarchy are growing stronger and their plans could destroy her chance at any kind of happy ending.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • abuse

How these are chosen

Subjects: Contests, Love, Princes, Revolutionaries, FictioPOP/ROCK n., Social classes

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