How long does it take to read War and Peace?
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy takes about 18 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 18 hours 2 minutes
A long haul
First published 1865. 984 pages, about 270,600 words.
37 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 30 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 18 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 154 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
