Reading time
How long does it take to read Me Before You?
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes is about 492 pages, so it takes about 8½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 18 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
8 h 37 min
Me Before You · Jojo Moyes · first published 2012
- Pages
- 492
- 30 min a day
- 18 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 11 h 23 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 8 h 37 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 6 h 50 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 5 h 8 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 35 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 18 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 12 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 9 days |
Page count: median of 47 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in Me Before You
Next in the series: After You (2015, 452 pages)
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Me Before You: reading time questions
- How many pages is Me Before You?
- Me Before You is about 492 pages. That is the median across the 47 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Me Before You?
- About 8 h 37 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 6 h 50 min.
- How many days to read Me Before You at 30 minutes a day?
- About 18 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 35 days, and at an hour a day about 9 days.
- What number is Me Before You in the Me Before You series?
- Me Before You is book 1 in Me Before You by Jojo Moyes.
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