Reading time

How long does it take to read By the Shores of Silver Lake?

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder is about 290 pages, so it takes about 5 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 11 days at 30 minutes a day.

At an average reading speed

5 h 5 min

By the Shores of Silver Lake · Laura Ingalls Wilder · first published 1939

Pages
290
30 min a day
11 days

By reading speed

Unhurried reader · 180 wpm6 h 43 min
Average adult · 238 wpm5 h 5 min
Quick reader · 300 wpm4 h 2 min
Very fast reader · 400 wpm3 h 1 min

By daily habit

Your reading speed

15 minutes a day21 days
30 minutes a day11 days
45 minutes a day7 days
60 minutes a day6 days

Page count: median of 62 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

#5 in Little House

Next in the series: The Long Winter (1940, 335 pages)

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By the Shores of Silver Lake: reading time questions

How many pages is By the Shores of Silver Lake?
By the Shores of Silver Lake is about 290 pages. That is the median across the 62 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
How long does it take to read By the Shores of Silver Lake?
About 5 h 5 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 4 h 2 min.
How many days to read By the Shores of Silver Lake at 30 minutes a day?
About 11 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 21 days, and at an hour a day about 6 days.
What number is By the Shores of Silver Lake in the Little House series?
By the Shores of Silver Lake is book 5 in Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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