How long does it take to read 50 pages?
The opening of a novella, or a whole pocket classic.
55m
13,750 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 2 days.
That is 2 sessions with 50 pages.
Read it with the GuildHow many words is 50 pages?
50 pages is about 13,750 words, at the trade-paperback average of 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 55 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.
Words per page move with font and trim size, so treat this as a good estimate rather than an exact figure.
- Slower (150 wpm)
- 1 hour 32 minutes
- Average (250 wpm)
- 55 minutes
- Faster (400 wpm)
- 34 minutes
What 50 pages a day gets you
50 pages a day is about 55 minutes of reading. Keep it up and an average 300-page novel takes 6 days. Here is what that looks like against books people are actually timing.
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