How long does it take to read The Principles of Psychology?
The Principles of Psychology by William James takes about 16 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 27 minutes
A long haul
First published 1890. 897 pages, about 246,675 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Principles of Psychology is a monumental text in the history of psychology, written by William James and published in 1890. There were four methods in James' psychology: analysis (i.e. the logical criticism of precursor and contemporary views of the mind), introspection (i.e. the psychologist's study of his own states of mind), experiment (e.g. in hypnosis or neurology), and comparison (the use of statistical means to distinguish norms from anomalies).
Subjects: Psychology
