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Enter the pages of a book or its word count. Use the average adult reading speed or measure your own in one minute, and see how long the book takes and when you finish.
Press start, read the passage at your usual pace, then press done. 229 words from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (tr. George Long).
Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. But I who have seen the nature of the good that it is beautiful, and of the bad that it is ugly, and the nature of him who does wrong, that it is akin to me; not only of the same blood or seed, but that it participates in the same intelligence and the same portion of the divinity, I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him. For we are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of the upper and lower teeth. To act against one another, then, is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away.
Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened, or because he would show a great spirit, he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.
Time to read it
5 h 47 min
At 20 minutes a day, about 18 days.
- Words
- 82,500
- Speed
- 238 words a minute
- At 30 minutes a day
- 12 days
- At one hour a day
- 6 days
Averages from Brysbaert (2019) for adults reading English silently. Dense books, study and notes take longer.
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How it works
A 2019 review of 190 studies by Marc Brysbaert found that adults read English silently at about 238 words per minute for non-fiction and 260 for fiction. The tool uses those averages unless you measure your own speed.
Pages hold very different amounts of text. For a closer estimate, count the words on three full lines, divide by three, and multiply by the number of lines on a page.
The speed test times you on a passage from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (George Long’s public-domain translation). Read it as you normally would, then press stop.
Minutes = words ÷ words per minute. Words = pages × words per page.
Good to know
- Reading to study, with notes, is much slower than reading for pleasure. Plan more time for dense books.
- The speed test measures one short passage. Your speed on a whole book will vary with the topic and how tired you are.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to read a 300-page book?
At about 275 words a page and 238 words per minute, around 5 hours 47 minutes. At 20 minutes a day, that is 18 days.
What is the average reading speed?
About 238 words per minute for non-fiction and 260 for fiction, for adults reading English silently (Brysbaert, 2019).
How many words are on a page?
It depends on the page size and the type. Count the words on three full lines, divide by three and multiply by the lines on the page.
Sources
- Brysbaert M. How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate. J Mem Lang, 2019
- Marcus Aurelius, Thoughts (Meditations), tr. George Long, 1862 (Project Gutenberg)
Checked on September 26, 2026.
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