It ’s tempting to compare yourself to others when pursuing a reading goal . According to the Pew Research Center , the ordinary person in the U.S. readsabout 12 books per year — but that figure wo n’t help you if you read at a different pace than the average American . To see out how manybooksyou could learn in a yr , Lenstorehas derive up with a test that mensurate your individual reading material acquirement .
To come out , snap on the trial run below and read the passages that pop up at your natural reading speed . Once you ’ve land up , you ’ll be asked a few doubtfulness about the reading to prove you understood it .
Lenstore dedicate the test to 2000 people and found that the modal participant take 101 minute to complete the musical passage . If a person reads for 30 minutes a Clarence Day at that speed , they can get through 33 books a year ( assuming Good Book lengths average out to 90,000 words ) . Speedy readers who shell through the passage in 60 seconds can show 55 books in a year with 30 min of casual reading time — which comes out to just over one Good Book a workweek .
If half an hour of reading a daylight sound overly optimistic , you’re able to see how your Scripture goal would change based on your reading agenda . Lenstore also shows you how long it would take to read specific record book ground on your reading speed . They give examples of long read that expect many hours of dedication , likeWar and Peace , as well as quick book likeThe Color Purple .
After taking the test , check out our list of tips for how to read quicker or our pick for thebest Scripture of 2022for some proffer about what to read next .
A reading of this news report run in 2018 ; it has been updated for 2023 .
