How long does it take you to read a book?

[TheColdHeart]

I'm a fairly fast reader but it often depends on the book, how much I enjoy it and where abouts in the story I am.

The 2nd to last book I read was about 400 pages and I really enjoyed and got into it very fast it so it took about 3-4 days worth of evenings after work to read.

The last book I read was A Game of Thrones and at first I found it quite hard to get into and the first 100 or so pages took me forever then once it 'clicked' and I started to get engrossed in the story I was reading 100-200 pages a time and finished it in a few days.

 

[queek]

if its really interesting 1 to 2 days if not then about a week

 

[scar_47]

A paultry 200 hundred pages depending on content and style won't last more than an hour or two, reading speed has very little to do with how long it will actually take you to finish a book your level of interest in it and the complexity of its material are much bigger factors I've read 700-800 pg books in a day whil Atlas shrugged takes about two weeks since I tend to break up the rather large sections of text and think about them after I've read them as opposed to say a Harry Potter book where its just read until its over since irs not bringing up a rather complex moral philosophy woven into a story but is just really a pulp story it goes much quicker.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

It takes me a couple of day to finish a book.

Of course, i'm not an avid reader.

 

[runnernda]

It depends on the book and my schedule. I'm a busy girl, but I read whenever I get a chance. I'm also a fast reader, and I'm usually reading a few books at a time so I have one to suit whatever mood I happen to be in. If I have a lot of free time, you'll usually find me either gaming or reading. I don't know if finishing books like wildfire is normal or not, but it's how I tend to do it.

 

[Artina89]

It all depends on what I am doing at the time. When I was at university, if it wasn't a chemistry/biochemistry textbook or a paper, I didn't get to read that much until the long summer holidays. Now that I have left uni, I am busier than ever, so I haven't been reading. However, I did read all of the Richard Hannay books in about a week and I read The master and the margarita in a day and a half, so I would say that I am a relatively quick reader.

 

[Broomy Broomfield]

430 wpm and 91% comprehension, lately i have been re reading the lord of the rings and got thought the first two books in about 1 1/2 weeks mostly because reading makes me very sleepy so i can only read for about an hour at a time.

 

[Gaiseric]

If a book holds my attention I can finish it in under a day(I have no life).

 

[Rhatar Khurin]

Good book + in the mood for a good read = very quickly, sometimes overnight.

Otherwise it can depend wildly

 

[Pinkamena]

A couple of days I guess?

 

[Rhatar Khurin]

A couple of days I guess?

How the hell did you get 2612 posts in just over a month? lol

 

[AbstractStream]

It really depends how into the book I am. I've read a 500 page book in a day or day in a half. Granted I had the day off and I was really into the book. If I'm busy, of course it takes longer.

Anyway, rambling aside, I'll give it a range of 1-3 days.

 

[Pinkamena]

A couple of days I guess?

How the hell did you get 2612 posts in just over a month? lol

I am very, very active on the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic group chat here on the escapist. Every post in the chat give you a post count.

 

[ajofflight]

I can usually read a 350 page book in about 6 or 8 hours, at the very most. I think I'm a pretty fast reader. I'm the kind of guy that, if the world were to come to an end and I were the only survivor, I'd live in a Chapter's book store.

 

[Shakomaru]

740-something wpm with 82% comprehension. I don't know how long it takes me to read things because I go into a trance when I read that is only broken by loud noises and emotion. but I read very fast.

 

[Dirzzit]

I read a lot, so I can read an average book (300 Pages) in about a day and a half.

 

[Rhatar Khurin]

I read at a rate of roughly 100 pages an hour.

Endlessly reading "The hungry catapillar" doesnt count