Reading time

How long does it take to read Love Comes Softly?

Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke is about 255 pages, so it takes about 4½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 9 days at 30 minutes a day.

At an average reading speed

4 h 28 min

Love Comes Softly · Janette Oke · first published 1979

Pages
255
30 min a day
9 days

By reading speed

Unhurried reader · 180 wpm5 h 54 min
Average adult · 238 wpm4 h 28 min
Quick reader · 300 wpm3 h 33 min
Very fast reader · 400 wpm2 h 39 min

By daily habit

Your reading speed

15 minutes a day18 days
30 minutes a day9 days
45 minutes a day6 days
60 minutes a day5 days

Page count: median of 28 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

#1 in Love Comes Softly

Next in the series: Love's Enduring Promise (1980, 288 pages)

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Love Comes Softly: reading time questions

How many pages is Love Comes Softly?
Love Comes Softly is about 255 pages. That is the median across the 28 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
How long does it take to read Love Comes Softly?
About 4 h 28 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 33 min.
How many days to read Love Comes Softly at 30 minutes a day?
About 9 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 18 days, and at an hour a day about 5 days.
What number is Love Comes Softly in the Love Comes Softly series?
Love Comes Softly is book 1 in Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke.

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