Reading time
How long does it take to read Sideways Stories from Wayside School?
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar is about 128 pages, so it takes about 2 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 5 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
2 h 14 min
Sideways Stories from Wayside School · Louis Sachar · first published 1978
- Pages
- 128
- 30 min a day
- 5 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 2 h 58 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 2 h 14 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 1 h 47 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 1 h 20 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 9 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 5 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 3 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 3 days |
Page count: median of 31 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in Wayside School
Next in the series: Wayside School Is Falling Down (1989, 179 pages)
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School: reading time questions
- How many pages is Sideways Stories from Wayside School?
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School is about 128 pages. That is the median across the 31 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Sideways Stories from Wayside School?
- About 2 h 14 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 1 h 47 min.
- How many days to read Sideways Stories from Wayside School at 30 minutes a day?
- About 5 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 9 days, and at an hour a day about 3 days.
- What number is Sideways Stories from Wayside School in the Wayside School series?
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School is book 1 in Wayside School by Louis Sachar.
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- The Deep Blue Good-byJohn D. MacDonald · 123 pages · 2 h 9 min