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How long does it take to read 500 pages?
About 9 hours 10 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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500 pages at every reading speed
| Reading speed | Time | Pages an hour |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxed (200 words a minute) | 11h 28m | 44 |
| Average adult (250 words a minute) | 9h 10m | 55 |
| Fast (300 words a minute) | 7h 38m | 65 |
| Very fast (400 words a minute) | 5h 44m | 87 |
| Out loud (180 words a minute) | 12h 44m | 39 |
500 pages is about 137,500 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 500 pages?
| Reading each day | Relaxed 200 wpm | Average adult 250 wpm | Fast 300 wpm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 minutes | 46 days | 37 days | 31 days |
| 30 minutes | 23 days | 19 days | 16 days |
| 1 hour | 12 days | 10 days | 8 days |
Books about 500 pages long
Print editions of these books run close to 500 pages (the middle value across editions listed on Open Library). Each page shows the reading time and the audiobook length.
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: about 496 pages
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros: about 518 pages
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë: about 480 pages
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: about 475 pages
Questions
How long does it take to read 500 pages?
About 9 hours 10 minutes at 250 words a minute. A relaxed reader at 200 words a minute takes about 11 hours 28 minutes, and a fast reader at 300 takes about 7 hours 38 minutes.
How long does it take to read 500 pages out loud?
About 12 hours 44 minutes, at a reading-aloud pace of about 180 words a minute.
How many words is 500 pages?
About 137,500 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 200,000.
How many days does it take to read 500 pages?
At 30 minutes a day, about 19 days. At 20 pages a day, 25 days.
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