Reading time
How long does it take to read So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish?
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams is about 200 pages, so it takes about 3½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 7 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
3 h 30 min
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish · Douglas Adams · first published 1984
- Pages
- 200
- 30 min a day
- 7 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 4 h 38 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 3 h 30 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 2 h 47 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 5 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 14 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 7 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 5 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 4 days |
Page count: median of 74 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#4 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Next in the series: Mostly Harmless (1992, 259 pages)
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: reading time questions
- How many pages is So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish?
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is about 200 pages. That is the median across the 74 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish?
- About 3 h 30 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 2 h 47 min.
- How many days to read So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish at 30 minutes a day?
- About 7 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 14 days, and at an hour a day about 4 days.
- What number is So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish in the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series?
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is book 4 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
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- The Last BattleC.S. Lewis · 192 pages · 3 h 22 min
- The Horse and His BoyC.S. Lewis · 208 pages · 3 h 38 min
- The Body in the LibraryAgatha Christie · 207 pages · 3 h 37 min