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How long does it take to read Well-being?

Daniel Kahneman, Ed Diener, Norbert Schwarz

Well-being by Daniel Kahneman, Ed Diener, Norbert Schwarz takes about 11 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 11 hours 3 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1998. 603 pages, about 165,825 words.

23 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 18 hours 26 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 11 hours 3 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 55 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"The nature of well-being is one of the most enduring and elusive subjects of human inquiry. Well-Being draws upon the latest scientific research to transform our understanding of this ancient question. With contributions from leading authorities in psychology, social psychology, and neuro-science, this volume presents the definitive account of current scientific efforts to understand human pleasure and pain, contentment and despair."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Pleasure, Suffering, Quality of life

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