Reading time
How long does it take to read Some Hope?
Some Hope by Edward St Aubyn is about 167 pages, so it takes about 3 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 6 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
2 h 55 min
Some Hope · Edward St Aubyn · first published 1994
- Pages
- 167
- 30 min a day
- 6 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 3 h 52 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 2 h 55 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 2 h 19 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 1 h 44 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 12 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 6 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 4 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 3 days |
Page count: median of 5 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#3 in Patrick Melrose
Next in the series: Mother's Milk (2006, 291 pages)
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Some Hope: reading time questions
- How many pages is Some Hope?
- Some Hope is about 167 pages. That is the median across the 5 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Some Hope?
- About 2 h 55 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 19 min.
- How many days to read Some Hope at 30 minutes a day?
- About 6 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 12 days, and at an hour a day about 3 days.
- What number is Some Hope in the Patrick Melrose series?
- Some Hope is book 3 in Patrick Melrose by Edward St Aubyn.
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