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How long does it take to read 400 pages?
About 7 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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400 pages at every reading speed
| Reading speed | Time | Pages an hour |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxed (200 words a minute) | 9h 10m | 44 |
| Average adult (250 words a minute) | 7h 20m | 55 |
| Fast (300 words a minute) | 6h 07m | 65 |
| Very fast (400 words a minute) | 4h 35m | 87 |
| Out loud (180 words a minute) | 10h 11m | 39 |
400 pages is about 110,000 words at 275 words a page, typical for a paperback novel. That is a long novel, the size of many fantasy and literary books. If your book has small print or large pages, raise the words per page in the calculator.
How many days to read 400 pages?
| Reading each day | Relaxed 200 wpm | Average adult 250 wpm | Fast 300 wpm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 minutes | 37 days | 30 days | 25 days |
| 30 minutes | 19 days | 15 days | 13 days |
| 1 hour | 10 days | 8 days | 7 days |
Books about 400 pages long
Print editions of these books run close to 400 pages (the middle value across editions listed on Open Library). Each page shows the reading time and the audiobook length.
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: about 397 pages
- The Martian by Andy Weir: about 407 pages
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan: about 384 pages
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: about 384 pages
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How long does it take to read 400 pages?
About 7 hours 20 minutes at 250 words a minute. A relaxed reader at 200 words a minute takes about 9 hours 10 minutes, and a fast reader at 300 takes about 6 hours 7 minutes.
How long does it take to read 400 pages out loud?
About 10 hours 11 minutes, at a reading-aloud pace of about 180 words a minute.
How many words is 400 pages?
About 110,000 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 160,000.
How many days does it take to read 400 pages?
At 30 minutes a day, about 15 days. At 20 pages a day, 20 days.
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