It Could Have Been Her
At your speed≈ 7½ hrs
Pages384
Audiobook≈ 13 hrs
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.
384 pages works out to roughly 115,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 7½ hrs — a weekend's reading.
26 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — enough for an early score, not yet a firm one.
Worth-it score 6.1/10 — Worth it for some readers (early). Readers 6.2 (26 early ratings on Hardcover) − length 0.1 = 6.1. How the score works →
How long does it take to read It Could Have Been Her?
It Could Have Been Her is 384 pages, or roughly 115,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 11 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 7½ hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 5 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 13 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read It Could Have Been Her?
- About 7½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. It Could Have Been Her runs 384 pages, roughly 115,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 11 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
- How many pages is It Could Have Been Her?
- 384 pages, which is about 115,000 words and 7½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
- Is It Could Have Been Her worth reading?
- On early ratings, we score it 6.1 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Only 26 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far, so the score leans on the library average and will move as more ratings arrive; at about 7½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.1 for its length.
- How long is the It Could Have Been Her audiobook?
- About 13 hrs, estimated from the 115,000 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
Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - Jane senses she's in a bad place.…
She runs. Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing. A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her ... A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets ... Prepare to be it's the new Lisa Jewell thriller.

