Yesteryear
At your speed≈ 8 hrs
Pages391
Audiobook≈ 13 hrs
391 pages works out to roughly 117,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8 hrs — a weekend's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.91 out of 5, from 325 ratings.
How long does it take to read Yesteryear?
Yesteryear is 391 pages, or roughly 117,000 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 | 8 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 5 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 Yesteryear?
- About 8 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Yesteryear runs 391 pages, roughly 117,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 11 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
- How many pages is Yesteryear?
- 391 pages, which is about 117,000 words and 8 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
- Is Yesteryear worth reading?
- Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.91 out of 5, from 325 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 391 pages and about 8 hrs of your time, or 5 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the Yesteryear audiobook?
- About 13 hrs, estimated from the 117,000 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
Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty?…
What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it. Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible. A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood.



