How long does it usually take you to read a book?

On average, how long does it take you to read a book?

 

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1 day, possibly 2 if i am distracted.

 

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besides computer I only read every so often,like a book I find that I like and I skip a lot of parts that don't interest me when I do, I read a lot of magazines though, articals on a lot of stuff

 

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reading a book

well usually a week or two as i only read for a bit at night.

i prefer to take my time if its a really good book ( builds up the suspence)

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I didn't vote because there are a few variables. It depends on how the book was written, what KIND of book it is, and (obviously) how long the book is.

An instruction manual or tutorial/educational type book will take time depending on how quickly I am able to digest the information. I find myself re-reading certain parts repeatedly to cement the information in my head, so I'm sure this has an effect on the length of time it takes to get through it.

Fiction or historical books are more dependent on the length itself. This is due to the fact that most of these books involve starting at the first page, and following a straightforward linear progression all the way to the last page. If the sentence structure is written in some sort of weird way (IE-- uses a lot of weird slang terms, or the characters speak in a regional dialog) then that can also effect how quickly I'll read it.
There's also those parts of a story that don't seem to go anywhere. These parts will make me take smaller bites, because reaching the end is unpleasant and laborious.

Works that are well written and a subject I enjoy reading, I'll usually go through pretty quickly-- but there is no exact time frame.

 

2 or 3 days in dutch or english a little longer in french

 

depends on how many pictures.
this sucker took me like 3 whole weeks!

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It depends on the book really, but an average sized fiction - 500 pages, 30 seconds a page. Maybe 2-7 days, depending how often I read that week.

I'm almost finished War and Peace. It's been a struggle. 1400 pages of small print. A page a minute if you're lucky and Tolstoy hasn't started to explain why historians are assholes. It's been at least 3 weeks so far, reading at night for an hour or two a few days a week.

 

fuck tolstoy.
stick to Dr seuss.

 

Rarely more than a week.

 

Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

 

3-6 days because there is nothing else to do in school.

 

You ever tried more than 100 pages?? :worship:

 

Fiction or nonfiction? Big difference. Fiction you can read in a day if you know how to speed read, just catch keywords to grasp the jist and zoom on. Non-fiction always depends upon the complexity of content and how much of it you want or need to understand - contemplating the concept, looking up words and concepts presented, researching what is presenting along the way, doing calculations, looking up references, etc.

If not distracted, I can easily do 100 pages a days and have done 150.

 

Okay, though you would think an average "adult" book , even the dev's , would have to be 400-600 pages. So min. 3 to 6 days. I agree, this is a better number.

 

In all seriousness, I could probably throw down a classic Goosebumps or Dr. Suess in a week or two. R.L Stine is a genius.

 

I probably average about 5 days. Many have taken me only 1-2 days but most take me 3-4 and it's not uncommon for one to take me 7-8. A few have taken me as long as two weeks but that's extremely rare.

 

i learned to read at the age of 3.
its a passion for me.

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I am a slow reader. I guess I try to make sure I've seen every word. But I hate it. I read the sixth Harry Potter book in three days — one straight eight-hour reading session each day. So since The Half-Blood Prince was about six hundred pages, I reckon I read at roughly twenty-five pages per hour, depending on the font size, size of the pages, complexity of the content, etc.

If I hadn't crammed this book into three days, it might have taken about two to three weeks to read. So I picked "one to four weeks" in the poll.