How Many Books Should You Read in a Year?
There's no correct number of books to read in a year. Here's what most people read, why a borrowed goal fails, and how to build one from your own day.
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Lucas BewersdorffSeptember 16The Research Behind Reading Speed
Where the 238 words-per-minute figure comes from: Brysbaert's 2019 meta-analysis, what it pooled, what it left out, and why speed-reading claims fail.
Lucas BewersdorffSeptember 14How Many Pages Can You Read in an Hour?
Most adults read 40 to 50 pages an hour. Here is the pages-per-hour math, a table by speed band, how book density changes it, and your own real number.
Lucas BewersdorffSeptember 11What Is a Good Reading Speed?
Is one page a minute fast? Five bands for what counts as a good reading speed, what is normal, and why the number you already have is almost certainly fine.
Lucas BewersdorffSeptember 9What Is the Average Reading Speed?
The average adult reads about 238 words per minute. Here is what that means in pages per hour, why the number varies, and how your own speed compares.
Lucas BewersdorffSeptember 7My Reading Recap for August 2026
What I read in August 2026, how long each book took me, which ones were hits or misses, and the streak, hours, pages, and sessions behind the whole month.
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