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How long does it take to read 800 pages?
About 14 hours 40 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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800 pages at every reading speed
| Reading speed | Time | Pages an hour |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxed (200 words a minute) | 18h 20m | 44 |
| Average adult (250 words a minute) | 14h 40m | 55 |
| Fast (300 words a minute) | 12h 13m | 65 |
| Very fast (400 words a minute) | 9h 10m | 87 |
| Out loud (180 words a minute) | 20h 22m | 39 |
800 pages is about 220,000 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 800 pages?
| Reading each day | Relaxed 200 wpm | Average adult 250 wpm | Fast 300 wpm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 minutes | 74 days | 59 days | 49 days |
| 30 minutes | 37 days | 30 days | 25 days |
| 1 hour | 19 days | 15 days | 13 days |
Books about 800 pages long
Print editions of these books run close to 800 pages (the middle value across editions listed on Open Library). Each page shows the reading time and the audiobook length.
- Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin: about 840 pages
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King: about 849 pages
- Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson: about 669 pages
- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: about 945 pages
Questions
How long does it take to read 800 pages?
About 14 hours 40 minutes at 250 words a minute. A relaxed reader at 200 words a minute takes about 18 hours 20 minutes, and a fast reader at 300 takes about 12 hours 13 minutes.
How long does it take to read 800 pages out loud?
About 20 hours 22 minutes, at a reading-aloud pace of about 180 words a minute.
How many words is 800 pages?
About 220,000 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 320,000.
How many days does it take to read 800 pages?
At 30 minutes a day, about 30 days. At 20 pages a day, 40 days.
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