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How long does it take to read 600 pages?
About 11 hours, 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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600 pages at every reading speed
| Reading speed | Time | Pages an hour |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxed (200 words a minute) | 13h 45m | 44 |
| Average adult (250 words a minute) | 11h 00m | 55 |
| Fast (300 words a minute) | 9h 10m | 65 |
| Very fast (400 words a minute) | 6h 53m | 87 |
| Out loud (180 words a minute) | 15h 17m | 39 |
600 pages is about 165,000 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 600 pages?
| Reading each day | Relaxed 200 wpm | Average adult 250 wpm | Fast 300 wpm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 minutes | 55 days | 44 days | 37 days |
| 30 minutes | 28 days | 22 days | 19 days |
| 1 hour | 14 days | 11 days | 10 days |
Books about 600 pages long
Print editions of these books run close to 600 pages (the middle value across editions listed on Open Library). Each page shows the reading time and the audiobook length.
- Dune by Frank Herbert: about 608 pages
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck: about 613 pages
- Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie: about 580 pages
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros: about 640 pages
Questions
How long does it take to read 600 pages?
About 11 hours at 250 words a minute. A relaxed reader at 200 words a minute takes about 13 hours 45 minutes, and a fast reader at 300 takes about 9 hours 10 minutes.
How long does it take to read 600 pages out loud?
About 15 hours 17 minutes, at a reading-aloud pace of about 180 words a minute.
How many words is 600 pages?
About 165,000 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 240,000.
How many days does it take to read 600 pages?
At 30 minutes a day, about 22 days. At 20 pages a day, 30 days.
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