
How long does it take to read 1Q84?
by Haruki Murakami
16h 58m
254,375 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 5 weeks.
That is 34 sessions with 1Q84.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 3 weeks.
This estimate uses a representative 925-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is 1Q84?
1Q84 is about 254,375 words, estimated from its 925 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 16 hours 58 minutes.
We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.
How many pages is 1Q84?
- Catalog page count
- 925
- Edition ISBN
- 9780307593313
- Author
- Haruki Murakami
- Series
- 1Q84
- Genre
- fiction
These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.
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