Reading time
How long does it take to read The Proposal?
The Proposal by Mary Balogh is about 316 pages, so it takes about 5½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 12 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
5 h 32 min
The Proposal · Mary Balogh · first published 2012
- Pages
- 316
- 30 min a day
- 12 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 7 h 19 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 5 h 32 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 4 h 23 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 3 h 18 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 23 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 12 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 8 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 6 days |
Page count: median of 6 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in The Survivors' Club
Next in the series: The Arrangement (2013, 380 pages)
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The Proposal: reading time questions
- How many pages is The Proposal?
- The Proposal is about 316 pages. That is the median across the 6 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read The Proposal?
- About 5 h 32 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 4 h 23 min.
- How many days to read The Proposal at 30 minutes a day?
- About 12 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 23 days, and at an hour a day about 6 days.
- What number is The Proposal in the The Survivors' Club series?
- The Proposal is book 1 in The Survivors' Club by Mary Balogh.
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