Reading time
How long does it take to read A Wind in the Door?
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle is about 211 pages, so it takes about 3½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 8 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
3 h 42 min
A Wind in the Door · Madeleine L'Engle · first published 1973
- Pages
- 211
- 30 min a day
- 8 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 4 h 53 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 3 h 42 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 2 h 56 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 12 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 15 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 8 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 5 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 4 days |
Page count: median of 42 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#2 in Time Quintet
Next in the series: A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978, 278 pages)
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A Wind in the Door: reading time questions
- How many pages is A Wind in the Door?
- A Wind in the Door is about 211 pages. That is the median across the 42 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read A Wind in the Door?
- About 3 h 42 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 2 h 56 min.
- How many days to read A Wind in the Door at 30 minutes a day?
- About 8 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 15 days, and at an hour a day about 4 days.
- What number is A Wind in the Door in the Time Quintet series?
- A Wind in the Door is book 2 in Time Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle.
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