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Little Women reading time by speed
| Speed | Total time | At 20 min a day |
|---|---|---|
| Audiobook pace150 words per minute | 20 h 40 min | 62 days |
| Slow200 words per minute | 15 h 30 min | 47 days |
| Average adult238 words per minute | 13 h 02 min | 40 days |
| Fast300 words per minute | 10 h 20 min | 31 days |
| readerr400 words per minute | 7 h 45 min | 24 days |
| readerr600 words per minute | 5 h 10 min | 16 days |
Reading time is the word count divided by reading speed. 238 words per minute is the average for adults reading silently (Brysbaert, 2019). The orange rows are speeds you can read at one word at a time in readerr.
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Part of the time spent on a page goes into moving your eyes from word to word. readerr shows the book one word at a time in a fixed spot, so your eyes stay still and you can go faster — at 400 words per minute Little Women takes about 7 h 45 min.
Questions
How many words is Little Women?
Little Women is about 186,000 words in the Project Gutenberg edition.
How many pages is Little Women?
About 680 pages in a typical paperback with about 275 words per page. Your edition may have more or fewer.
How long does it take to read Little Women?
About 13 h 02 min at an average adult reading speed of 238 words per minute, 7 h 45 min at 400 words per minute.
How long does it take to read Little Women at 20 minutes a day?
About 40 days at an average 238 words per minute.
Books of a similar length
| Book | Words | At 238 WPM |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Tom’s CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe | 181,000 | 12 h 41 min |
| Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens | 186,000 | 13 h 02 min |
| Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë | 187,000 | 13 h 06 min |
| DuneFrank Herbert | 188,000 | 13 h 10 min |
| The Fellowship of the RingJ. R. R. Tolkien | 188,000 | 13 h 10 min |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ. K. Rowling | 191,000 | 13 h 23 min |
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Word count from the Project Gutenberg edition, rounded. Editions vary, so treat every number as approximate.