
How long does it take to read Dear John?
by Nicholas Sparks
5h 4m
75,900 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 11 days.
That is 10 sessions with Dear John.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 7 days.
This estimate uses a representative 276-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is Dear John?
Dear John is about 75,900 words, estimated from its 276 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 5 hours 4 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 Dear John?
- Catalog page count
- 276
- Edition ISBN
- 9780446528054
- Author
- Nicholas Sparks
- Genre
- romance
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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