How long does it take to read Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Mostly Harmless / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe)?
Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Mostly Harmless / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe) by Douglas Adams takes about 14 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 57 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 815 pages, about 224,125 words.
30 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the collection of all five of the books in Douglas Adams' famous galaxy exploring trilogy. It follows Arthur Dent and his friends as they travel around the Milky Way meeting strange new cultures and having many entertaining adventures in the search for the meaning of life.
Subjects: comic science fiction, Vogons, Humorous fiction, Imaginary voyages, wit and humour, Science Fiction
More by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.0 h 
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 4.1 h 
Life, the Universe and Everything 3.9 h 
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency 5.1 h 
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 3.7 h 
Novels (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish) 10.8 h 
