How long does it take to read Brave New World?
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley takes about 5h 15m to read — it is 288 pages.

Reading plans
- 15 minutes a day → 21 days
- 30 minutes a day → 11 days
- 60 minutes a day → 6 days
Estimated at an average adult reading pace (~250 words per minute, ~275 words per page). Actual time varies with reading speed and edition.
At 288 pages it is longer than 73% of the 1,407 assigned books we track, and its Lexile measure is 870L (typically assigned in grades 11–12).
Assigned books of about the same length
- Frankenstein — 288 pages, about 5h 15m
- To Kill a Mockingbird — 281 pages, about 5h 10m
- All Quiet on the Western Front — 296 pages, about 5h 25m
- The Catcher in the Rye — 277 pages, about 5h 5m
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