Fahrenheit 451
At your speed≈ 4½ hrs
Pages227
Audiobook≈ 7½ hrs
227 pages works out to roughly 68,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 4½ hrs — a weekend's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.91 out of 5, from 5,052 ratings.
How long does it take to read Fahrenheit 451?
Fahrenheit 451 is 227 pages, or roughly 68,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 6½ hrs |
| Average | 250 | 4½ hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 3 hrs |
Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Fahrenheit 451?
- About 4½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Fahrenheit 451 runs 227 pages, roughly 68,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 6½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3 hrs.
- How many pages is Fahrenheit 451?
- 227 pages, which is about 68,000 words and 4½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
- Is Fahrenheit 451 worth reading?
- Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.91 out of 5, from 5,052 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 227 pages and about 4½ hrs of your time, or 3 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the Fahrenheit 451 audiobook?
- About 7½ hrs, estimated from the 68,000 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
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house?…
The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books. The classic dystopian novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity. Bradbury’s powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which, decades on from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.
