Reading time
How long does it take to read Delirium?
Delirium by Lauren Oliver is about 429 pages, so it takes about 7½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 16 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
7 h 31 min
Delirium · Lauren Oliver · first published 2011
- Pages
- 429
- 30 min a day
- 16 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 9 h 56 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 7 h 31 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 5 h 58 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 4 h 28 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 31 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 16 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 11 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 8 days |
Page count: median of 18 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in Delirium
Next in the series: Pandemonium (2012, 410 pages)
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Delirium: reading time questions
- How many pages is Delirium?
- Delirium is about 429 pages. That is the median across the 18 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Delirium?
- About 7 h 31 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 5 h 58 min.
- How many days to read Delirium at 30 minutes a day?
- About 16 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 31 days, and at an hour a day about 8 days.
- What number is Delirium in the Delirium series?
- Delirium is book 1 in Delirium by Lauren Oliver.
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