How long does it take to read The Goldfinch?
Donna Tartt, Katia Benovich
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Katia Benovich takes about 15 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 48 minutes
A long haul
First published 2013. 862 pages, about 237,050 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 42 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Subjects: goldfinch, Fiction, Self-realization, Loss (Psychology), Artists, Young men
