Reading time
How long does it take to read The First Four Years?
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder is about 134 pages, so it takes about 2½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 5 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
2 h 21 min
The First Four Years · Laura Ingalls Wilder · first published 1971
- Pages
- 134
- 30 min a day
- 5 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 3 h 6 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 2 h 21 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 1 h 52 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 1 h 24 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 10 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 5 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 4 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 3 days |
Page count: median of 39 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#9 in Little House
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The First Four Years: reading time questions
- How many pages is The First Four Years?
- The First Four Years is about 134 pages. That is the median across the 39 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read The First Four Years?
- About 2 h 21 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 52 min.
- How many days to read The First Four Years at 30 minutes a day?
- About 5 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 10 days, and at an hour a day about 3 days.
- What number is The First Four Years in the Little House series?
- The First Four Years is book 9 in Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder.