How fast do you read?
Take the reading speed test, then see exactly how many classic books you could read in a week, a month or a year — with a ready-made reading list you can start for free.
Test your reading speed
Read a short passage at your normal pace, then answer a few questions. We’ll measure your words per minute.
Build your reading list
At 250 wpm, 20 min a day, in 1 month you could finish
6 books from the library
How many books can you really read?
Most people read about 250 words per minute. That doesn’t sound like much, but it adds up fast: just 20 minutes a day is around 1.8 million words a year — roughly twenty novels. The hard part isn’t speed, it’s the habit.
That’s why this tool doesn’t stop at a number. Once you know your speed, it builds a real reading list from the readClassicly library that fits your time, so you can pick a book and start reading right now — free, online, with tap-to-save vocabulary and a quiz.