How many pages is A Little Life?

720 pages, which is about 216,000 words and 14½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.

Is A Little Life worth reading?

We score it 6.7 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.10 out of 5 from 1,087 ratings, which counts for 7.2; at about 14½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.5 for its length.

How long is the A Little Life audiobook?

About 24 hrs, estimated from the 216,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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A Little Life

Name: A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara

14½ hrsto read

6.7worth it

At your speed≈ 14½ hrs

Pages720

Audiobook≈ 24 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

720 pages works out to roughly 216,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 14½ hrs — a week or more of evenings.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.10 out of 5, from 1,087 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.7/10 — Worth the time. Readers 7.2 (Hardcover's 4.10★ from 1,087 ratings) − length 0.5 = 6.7. How the score works →

How long does it take to read A Little Life?

A Little Life is 720 pages, or roughly 216,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for A Little Life at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	20½ hrs
Average	250	14½ hrs
Fast	400	9 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 24 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read A Little Life?: About 14½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. A Little Life runs 720 pages, roughly 216,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 20½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 9 hrs.
How many pages is A Little Life?: 720 pages, which is about 216,000 words and 14½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is A Little Life worth reading?: We score it 6.7 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.10 out of 5 from 1,087 ratings, which counts for 7.2; at about 14½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.5 for its length.
How long is the A Little Life audiobook?: About 24 hrs, estimated from the 216,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect…

at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.

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