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How long does it take to read 1000 pages?
About 18 hours 20 minutes, at an average reading speed of 250 words a minute and roughly 275 words on a page.
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at about 180 words a minute
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1000 pages at every reading speed
| Reading speed | Time | Pages an hour |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxed (200 words a minute) | 22h 55m | 44 |
| Average adult (250 words a minute) | 18h 20m | 55 |
| Fast (300 words a minute) | 15h 17m | 65 |
| Very fast (400 words a minute) | 11h 28m | 87 |
| Out loud (180 words a minute) | 25h 28m | 39 |
1000 pages is about 275,000 words at 275 words a page, typical for a paperback novel. That is a very long book, the size of epic fantasy and big classics. If your book has small print or large pages, raise the words per page in the calculator.
How many days to read 1000 pages?
| Reading each day | Relaxed 200 wpm | Average adult 250 wpm | Fast 300 wpm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 minutes | 92 days | 74 days | 62 days |
| 30 minutes | 46 days | 37 days | 31 days |
| 1 hour | 23 days | 19 days | 16 days |
Books about 1000 pages long
Print editions of these books run close to 1000 pages (the middle value across editions listed on Open Library). Each page shows the reading time and the audiobook length.
- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson: about 1008 pages
- Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas: about 987 pages
- Alchemised by SenLinYu: about 976 pages
- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: about 945 pages
Questions
How long does it take to read 1000 pages?
About 18 hours 20 minutes at 250 words a minute. A relaxed reader at 200 words a minute takes about 22 hours 55 minutes, and a fast reader at 300 takes about 15 hours 17 minutes.
How long does it take to read 1000 pages out loud?
About 25 hours 28 minutes, at a reading-aloud pace of about 180 words a minute.
How many words is 1000 pages?
About 275,000 words in a typical paperback with 275 words a page. Books with small print or large pages can hold 350 to 400 words a page, which makes it about 400,000.
How many days does it take to read 1000 pages?
At 30 minutes a day, about 37 days. At 20 pages a day, 50 days.
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