How long does it take to read 670 pages?

12 hr 54 min for an average reader (238 words per minute, ~275 words a page).

670 pages is a long book. Reading 30 minutes a day, plan on roughly 26 days. Slow readers need about 17 hr 32 min; fast readers about 10 hr 14 min.

Your time for 670 pages

670 paperback pages ≈ 184,250 words
ReaderSpeedTime
Slow / careful175 wpm17 hr 32 min
Reading aloud183 wpm16 hr 46 min
Average adult238 wpm12 hr 54 min
Fiction, average260 wpm11 hr 48 min
Fast reader300 wpm10 hr 14 min
Very fast400 wpm7 hr 40 min
Same 670 pages, different page types, at 238 wpm
Page typeWords/pageTime
Paperback novel~27512 hr 54 min
Hardcover / large print~23010 hr 47 min
Textbook / non-fiction~35016 hr 25 min
Document, single-spaced~50023 hr 27 min
Document, double-spaced~25011 hr 43 min

How this estimate works

Time = pages × words per page ÷ reading speed. A typical paperback page holds about 250–300 words, so we use 275. The 238 wpm average comes from a 2019 review of 190 reading studies by psychologist Marc Brysbaert; fiction is read a little faster, at about 260 wpm. Your real time also depends on the font, the page size and how dense the writing is, so treat it as a planning figure. To get a figure for you rather than the average, take the 60-second reading speed test; your result then appears as “My speed” in the calculator above.

Working in words instead of pages? Use the reading time calculator, or convert with words to pages.

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Questions people ask

How long does it take to read 670 pages?

About 12 hr 54 min for an average adult reading silently at 238 words per minute, assuming a paperback page of about 275 words (184,250 words in total). A slower reader at 175 wpm needs about 17 hr 32 min; a fast reader at 300 wpm about 10 hr 14 min.

How many days to read 670 pages?

At 30 minutes of reading a day and an average speed, about 26 days. At an hour a day, about 13 days.

How many words are in 670 pages?

Roughly 184,250 words in a paperback (about 275 words a page). A single-spaced document page holds about 500 words, so 670 document pages is about 335,000 words.

How many pages can you read in an hour?

About 52 paperback pages at the average adult speed of 238 wpm, or about 28 single-spaced document pages. Dense textbooks go slower, often 20–30 pages an hour.