Reading time
How long does it take to read Hard Luck?
Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney is about 218 pages, so it takes about 4 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 8 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
3 h 49 min
Hard Luck · Jeff Kinney · first published 2013
- Pages
- 218
- 30 min a day
- 8 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 5 h 3 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 3 h 49 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 3 h 2 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 16 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 16 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 8 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 6 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 4 days |
Page count: median of 49 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#8 in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Next in the series: The Long Haul (2014, 218 pages)
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Hard Luck: reading time questions
- How many pages is Hard Luck?
- Hard Luck is about 218 pages. That is the median across the 49 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Hard Luck?
- About 3 h 49 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 3 h 2 min.
- How many days to read Hard Luck at 30 minutes a day?
- About 8 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 16 days, and at an hour a day about 4 days.
- What number is Hard Luck in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series?
- Hard Luck is book 8 in Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.
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