How long does it take to read The Odyssey?
The Odyssey by Homer takes about 9h 55m to read — it is 541 pages.
Reading plans
- 15 minutes a day → 40 days
- 30 minutes a day → 20 days
- 60 minutes a day → 10 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 541 pages it is longer than 99% of the 1,407 assigned books we track, and its Lexile measure is 1130L (typically assigned in grades 9–12).
Assigned books of about the same length
- Great Expectations — 544 pages, about 10 hours
- Jane Eyre — 532 pages, about 9h 45m
- The Book Thief — 552 pages, about 10h 5m
- The Grapes of Wrath — 464 pages, about 8h 30m
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