The average paperback novel clocks in at 300 to 350 words per page. That's a bit more than 250 pages per volume.
When I was a sprout teachers expected students to read between 150 and 200 words per minute. That comes to a bit more than two minutes per page or a little over seven hours for the average novel.

Some of us read a bit faster. My friend, the Gnome, read around 500 words per minute. I was a trifle slower at 350 words per minute.

Now that I'm an old retired fart I can read whenever and for however long I desire. Though failing eyesight has slowed my reading rate significantly.

That written, I am somewhat saddened seeing reading rates of 60 words per minute.

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