Reading time

How long does it take to read These Happy Golden Years?

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder is about 304 pages, so it takes about 5½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 11 days at 30 minutes a day.

At an average reading speed

5 h 19 min

These Happy Golden Years · Laura Ingalls Wilder · first published 1943

Pages
304
30 min a day
11 days

By reading speed

Unhurried reader · 180 wpm7 h 2 min
Average adult · 238 wpm5 h 19 min
Quick reader · 300 wpm4 h 13 min
Very fast reader · 400 wpm3 h 10 min

By daily habit

Your reading speed

15 minutes a day22 days
30 minutes a day11 days
45 minutes a day8 days
60 minutes a day6 days

Page count: median of 54 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

#8 in Little House

Next in the series: The First Four Years (1971, 134 pages)

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These Happy Golden Years: reading time questions

How many pages is These Happy Golden Years?
These Happy Golden Years is about 304 pages. That is the median across the 54 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
How long does it take to read These Happy Golden Years?
About 5 h 19 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 13 min.
How many days to read These Happy Golden Years at 30 minutes a day?
About 11 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 22 days, and at an hour a day about 6 days.
What number is These Happy Golden Years in the Little House series?
These Happy Golden Years is book 8 in Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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