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 and tell you how long The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde would take you.
Build your reading list
At 250 wpm, 20 min a day, in 1 month you could finish
7 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.
Want the numbers for one book in particular? Every classic here has a reading time page with its real word count, the time at five different speeds, and how long each chapter takes.