Reading time
How long does it take to read Things We Left Behind?
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score is about 660 pages, so it takes about 11½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 24 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
11 h 33 min
Things We Left Behind · Lucy Score · first published 2023
- Pages
- 660
- 30 min a day
- 24 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 15 h 17 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 11 h 33 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 9 h 10 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 6 h 53 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 47 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 24 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 16 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 12 days |
Page count: median of 8 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#3 in Knockemout
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Things We Left Behind: reading time questions
- How many pages is Things We Left Behind?
- Things We Left Behind is about 660 pages. That is the median across the 8 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Things We Left Behind?
- About 11 h 33 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 9 h 10 min.
- How many days to read Things We Left Behind at 30 minutes a day?
- About 24 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 47 days, and at an hour a day about 12 days.
- What number is Things We Left Behind in the Knockemout series?
- Things We Left Behind is book 3 in Knockemout by Lucy Score.
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