How long does it take to read Little Women?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott takes about 8h 15m to read — it is 449 pages.
Reading plans
- 15 minutes a day → 33 days
- 30 minutes a day → 17 days
- 60 minutes a day → 9 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 449 pages it is longer than 96% of the 1,407 assigned books we track, and its Lexile measure is 1300L (typically assigned in grades 7–10).
Assigned books of about the same length
- A Tale of Two Cities — 448 pages, about 8h 15m
- The Grapes of Wrath — 464 pages, about 8h 30m
- Pride and Prejudice — 432 pages, about 7h 55m
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — 412 pages, about 7h 35m
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