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│ The Yellow Wallpaper Gilman · 360 wpm · 6,140 words · 1 chapter 18:39 unread │ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Irving · 385 wpm · 12,161 words · 1 chapter 34:19 unread │ Bartleby, the Scrivener Melville · 375 wpm · 14,457 words · 1 chapter 43:11 unread │ The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Stevenson · 380 wpm · 25,601 words · 10 chapters 1:14:09 unread │ The Call of the Wild London · 440 wpm · 31,756 words · 7 chapters 1:19:37 unread │ A Christmas Carol Dickens · 385 wpm · 28,402 words · 5 chapters 1:23:59 unread │ The Time Machine Wells · 400 wpm · 32,463 words · 17 chapters 1:29:55 unread │ The Turn of the Screw James · 330 wpm · 42,845 words · 24 chapters 2:24:45 unread │ A Study in Scarlet Doyle · 420 wpm · 43,291 words · 14 chapters 1:54:24 unread │ Heart of Darkness Conrad · 370 wpm · 38,527 words · 3 chapters 1:55:58 unread │ The Invisible Man Wells · 410 wpm · 48,641 words · 29 chapters 2:15:08 unread │ The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald · 390 wpm · 48,557 words · 9 chapters 2:19:46 unread │ The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle · 410 wpm · 59,174 words · 15 chapters 2:39:06 unread │ The War of the Worlds Wells · 410 wpm · 60,044 words · 27 chapters 2:41:18 unread │ Around the World in Eighty Days Verne · 420 wpm · 62,372 words · 37 chapters 2:48:21 unread │ The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde · 390 wpm · 78,728 words · 20 chapters 3:48:13 unread │ Frankenstein Shelley · 360 wpm · 75,038 words · 28 chapters 3:47:43 unread │ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle · 420 wpm · 104,539 words · 12 chapters 4:36:24 unread │ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain · 410 wpm · 110,792 words · 43 chapters 4:54:45 unread │ Wuthering Heights E. Brontë · 380 wpm · 116,538 words · 34 chapters 5:45:09 unread │ Pride and Prejudice Austen · 390 wpm · 121,580 words · 61 chapters 5:45:04 unread │ A Tale of Two Cities Dickens · 385 wpm · 135,421 words · 45 chapters 6:34:43 unread │ Dracula Stoker · 390 wpm · 160,700 words · 27 chapters 7:29:09 unread │ Emma Austen · 390 wpm · 160,357 words · 55 chapters 7:33:40 unread │ Jane Eyre C. Brontë · 400 wpm · 186,265 words · 38 chapters 8:40:28 unread │ Great Expectations Dickens · 385 wpm · 185,304 words · 59 chapters 8:52:26 unread │ Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky · 375 wpm · 202,565 words · 40 chapters 10:14:28 unread │ Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Melville · 370 wpm · 209,399 words · 136 chapters 10:29:39 unread │ The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas · 400 wpm · 461,585 words · 117 chapters 21:50:07 unread

Public-domain novels and stories, each read at a pace chosen for its prose. Compare reading times.

│ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 9+ Baum · 420 wpm · 39,140 words · 24 chapters 1:42:25 unread │ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 10+ Carroll · 405 wpm · 26,612 words · 12 chapters 1:14:08 unread │ Through the Looking-Glass 11+ Carroll · 400 wpm · 29,561 words · 12 chapters 1:23:55 unread │ Anne of Green Gables 11+ Montgomery · 400 wpm · 101,964 words · 38 chapters 4:41:51 unread │ The Secret Garden 11+ Burnett · 405 wpm · 80,789 words · 27 chapters 3:40:21 unread │ The Wind in the Willows 11+ Grahame · 385 wpm · 58,797 words · 12 chapters 2:51:11 unread │ The Jungle Book 11+ Kipling · 395 wpm · 48,150 words · 7 chapters 2:15:00 unread │ Black Beauty 11+ Sewell · 410 wpm · 59,485 words · 49 chapters 2:36:39 unread │ Peter Pan 11+ Barrie · 395 wpm · 47,095 words · 17 chapters 2:14:18 unread │ Treasure Island 12+ Stevenson · 420 wpm · 67,656 words · 34 chapters 2:58:37 unread │ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 12+ Twain · 420 wpm · 70,529 words · 36 chapters 3:09:22 unread │ Little Women 13+ Alcott · 400 wpm · 185,824 words · 47 chapters 8:34:52 unread │ Kidnapped 14+ Stevenson · 355 wpm · 79,736 words · 30 chapters 4:05:28 unread

│ Genesis Basic English · 423 wpm · 38,244 words · 50 chapters 1:37:06 unread │ Exodus Basic English · 423 wpm · 32,331 words · 40 chapters 1:21:02 unread │ Leviticus Basic English · 423 wpm · 24,943 words · 27 chapters 1:01:34 unread │ Numbers Basic English · 423 wpm · 32,357 words · 36 chapters 1:21:29 unread │ Deuteronomy Basic English · 423 wpm · 29,250 words · 34 chapters 1:12:37 unread │ Joshua Basic English · 423 wpm · 18,620 words · 24 chapters 47:04 unread │ Judges Basic English · 423 wpm · 19,503 words · 21 chapters 49:19 unread │ Ruth Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,738 words · 4 chapters 6:58 unread │ 1 Samuel Basic English · 423 wpm · 26,154 words · 31 chapters 1:06:09 unread │ 2 Samuel Basic English · 423 wpm · 21,620 words · 24 chapters 54:52 unread │ 1 Kings Basic English · 423 wpm · 24,800 words · 22 chapters 1:02:43 unread │ 2 Kings Basic English · 423 wpm · 23,973 words · 25 chapters 1:00:49 unread │ 1 Chronicles Basic English · 423 wpm · 21,136 words · 29 chapters 54:54 unread │ 2 Chronicles Basic English · 423 wpm · 27,122 words · 36 chapters 1:08:28 unread │ Ezra Basic English · 423 wpm · 7,613 words · 10 chapters 19:30 unread │ Nehemiah Basic English · 423 wpm · 11,079 words · 13 chapters 28:31 unread │ Esther Basic English · 423 wpm · 6,036 words · 10 chapters 15:08 unread │ Job Basic English · 423 wpm · 20,300 words · 42 chapters 51:26 unread │ Psalms Basic English · 423 wpm · 48,740 words · 150 chapters 2:04:56 unread │ Proverbs Basic English · 423 wpm · 17,364 words · 31 chapters 43:57 unread │ Ecclesiastes Basic English · 423 wpm · 5,863 words · 12 chapters 14:41 unread │ Song of Solomon Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,809 words · 8 chapters 7:13 unread │ Isaiah Basic English · 423 wpm · 40,080 words · 66 chapters 1:41:28 unread │ Jeremiah Basic English · 423 wpm · 46,304 words · 52 chapters 1:56:44 unread │ Lamentations Basic English · 423 wpm · 3,856 words · 5 chapters 9:45 unread │ Ezekiel Basic English · 423 wpm · 41,366 words · 48 chapters 1:43:26 unread │ Daniel Basic English · 423 wpm · 12,694 words · 12 chapters 31:51 unread │ Hosea Basic English · 423 wpm · 5,700 words · 14 chapters 14:22 unread │ Joel Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,177 words · 3 chapters 5:32 unread │ Amos Basic English · 423 wpm · 4,699 words · 9 chapters 11:50 unread │ Obadiah Basic English · 423 wpm · 689 words · 1 chapter 1:44 unread │ Jonah Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,415 words · 4 chapters 3:34 unread │ Micah Basic English · 423 wpm · 3,400 words · 7 chapters 8:34 unread │ Nahum Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,372 words · 3 chapters 3:30 unread │ Habakkuk Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,555 words · 3 chapters 3:58 unread │ Zephaniah Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,787 words · 3 chapters 4:29 unread │ Haggai Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,155 words · 2 chapters 2:56 unread │ Zechariah Basic English · 423 wpm · 6,729 words · 14 chapters 16:50 unread │ Malachi Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,959 words · 4 chapters 4:58 unread │ Matthew Basic English · 423 wpm · 25,713 words · 28 chapters 1:05:28 unread │ Mark Basic English · 423 wpm · 16,306 words · 16 chapters 41:43 unread │ Luke Basic English · 423 wpm · 28,247 words · 24 chapters 1:11:42 unread │ John Basic English · 423 wpm · 21,450 words · 21 chapters 54:15 unread │ Acts Basic English · 423 wpm · 25,936 words · 28 chapters 1:05:48 unread │ Romans Basic English · 423 wpm · 10,998 words · 16 chapters 27:38 unread │ 1 Corinthians Basic English · 423 wpm · 11,196 words · 16 chapters 28:07 unread │ 2 Corinthians Basic English · 423 wpm · 7,179 words · 13 chapters 17:52 unread │ Galatians Basic English · 423 wpm · 3,580 words · 6 chapters 9:03 unread │ Ephesians Basic English · 423 wpm · 3,395 words · 6 chapters 8:27 unread │ Philippians Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,467 words · 4 chapters 6:07 unread │ Colossians Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,177 words · 4 chapters 5:28 unread │ 1 Thessalonians Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,060 words · 5 chapters 5:10 unread │ 2 Thessalonians Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,196 words · 3 chapters 2:58 unread │ 1 Timothy Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,732 words · 6 chapters 6:53 unread │ 2 Timothy Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,925 words · 4 chapters 4:53 unread │ Titus Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,104 words · 3 chapters 2:48 unread │ Philemon Basic English · 423 wpm · 490 words · 1 chapter 1:14 unread │ Hebrews Basic English · 423 wpm · 8,089 words · 13 chapters 20:09 unread │ James Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,796 words · 5 chapters 7:02 unread │ 1 Peter Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,848 words · 5 chapters 7:06 unread │ 2 Peter Basic English · 423 wpm · 1,840 words · 3 chapters 4:35 unread │ 1 John Basic English · 423 wpm · 2,833 words · 5 chapters 7:03 unread │ 2 John Basic English · 423 wpm · 343 words · 1 chapter 0:52 unread │ 3 John Basic English · 423 wpm · 385 words · 1 chapter 0:58 unread │ Jude Basic English · 423 wpm · 733 words · 1 chapter 1:52 unread │ Revelation Basic English · 423 wpm · 12,874 words · 22 chapters 32:19 unread

Public-domain scripture in eight translations. Every one runs the same 1,189 chapters in canonical order, so switching version keeps your place. Compare reading times.