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 Picture of Dorian Gray 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.