Cover of When Breath Becomes Air
Reading time

How long does it take to read When Breath Becomes Air?

by Paul Kalanithi

At an average pace

4h 13m

63,250 words at 250 a minute

At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 9 days.

That is 8 sessions with When Breath Becomes Air.

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45 minutes a day would finish it in about 6 days.

This estimate uses a representative 230-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.

How many words is When Breath Becomes Air?

When Breath Becomes Air is about 63,250 words, estimated from its 230 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 4 hours 13 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 When Breath Becomes Air?

Catalog page count
230
Edition ISBN
9780812988406
Author
Paul Kalanithi
Genre
non-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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