How long does it take to read The Goldfinch?
by Donna Tartt
14h 8m
212,025 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 4 weeks.
That is 28 sessions with The Goldfinch.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 3 weeks.
This estimate uses a representative 771-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is The Goldfinch?
The Goldfinch is about 212,025 words, estimated from its 771 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 14 hours 8 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 The Goldfinch?
- Catalog page count
- 771
- Edition ISBN
- 9780316055437
- Author
- Donna Tartt
- 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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