How many pages is The Goldfinch?

775 pages, which is about 233,000 words and 15½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.

Is The Goldfinch worth reading?

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.97 out of 5, from 1,060 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 775 pages and about 15½ hrs of your time, or 9½ hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.

How long is The Goldfinch audiobook?

About 26 hrs, estimated from the 233,000 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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The Goldfinch

Name: The Goldfinch
Author: Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt

15½ hrsto read

At your speed≈ 15½ hrs

Pages775

Audiobook≈ 26 hrs

775 pages works out to roughly 233,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 15½ hrs — a month of evenings.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.97 out of 5, from 1,060 ratings.

How long does it take to read The Goldfinch?

The Goldfinch is 775 pages, or roughly 233,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Goldfinch at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	22 hrs
Average	250	15½ hrs
Fast	400	9½ 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.

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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 The Goldfinch?: About 15½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Goldfinch runs 775 pages, roughly 233,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 22 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 9½ hrs.
How many pages is The Goldfinch?: 775 pages, which is about 233,000 words and 15½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
Is The Goldfinch worth reading?: Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.97 out of 5, from 1,060 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 775 pages and about 15½ hrs of your time, or 9½ hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
How long is The Goldfinch audiobook?: About 26 hrs, estimated from the 233,000 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

"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a…

haunted odyssey through present day America and a drama of enthralling force and acuity. It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a thirteen-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love-and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a novel of shocking narrative energy and power. It combines unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and breathtaking suspense, while plumbing with a philosopher's calm the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art. It is a beautiful, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate.

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