A
recent infographic from personalcreations.com tracks
how long it takes to read recent and classic big books. Estimated
times come from dividing word counts by the average reading rate of
300 words per minute.
Game of Thrones
series (George R.R. Martin) 98 1/3 hours
Harry Potter series
(J. K. Rowling) 60 ¼ hours
The Bible 43 ¾
hours
War and Peace (Leo
Tolstoy) 32 2/3 hours
Twilight Series
(Stephanie Meyer) 32 hours
The Lord of the
Rings (J.R.R. Tolkein) 26 ¼ hours
Gone With the Wind
(Margaret Mitchell) 23 ¼ hours
The Hunger Games
series (Suzanne Collins) 16 ¾ hours
Crime and
Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky) 11 3/4 hours
Wuthering Heights
(Emily Bronte) 6 hours
A Tale of Two
Cities (Charles Dickens) 7 ½ hours
To Kill a
Mockingbird (Harper Lee) 5 ½ hours
At a rate of 300 words per minute, how
long would it take to read your book?
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