How long does it take to read Beach Read?
Emily Henry
At an average reading speed of 250 words a minute, Beach Read takes 6 hours 20 minutes to read. The unabridged audiobook runs 10 hours at 1x, or 6h 49m at 1.5x.
Beach Read was Emily Henry's first novel for adults, and it's the shortest of her books in our study: about six and a third hours at an average pace, comfortably a weekend.
Average is about 250 WPM. Measure yours in two minutes and every time on this page recalculates.
How much to read a day
At 250 words a minute, to finish the book:
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How we measured it
Method: audiobook estimate. Estimated from the unabridged audiobook narrated by Julia Whelan (10:13, as Audible, Libro.fm and Listening Books all list it) at 155 words a minute.
Part of our study of the 100 most popular books, last checked November 2026. Reading times assume steady reading; editions, translations and your own pace all move them.
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to read Beach Read?
About 6h 20m at an average reading speed of 250 words a minute: 7h 55m at 200 and 5h 17m at 300.
How many words are in Beach Read?
About 95,015 words. That's estimated from the unabridged audiobook at a narration pace of 155 words a minute, so treat it as close, not exact.
How many pages a day to finish Beach Read in a month?
About 12 pages a day, or 13m of reading a day at an average pace. That assumes about 346 pages at 275 words a page; real page counts vary by edition.
Which Emily Henry book is the shortest?
Of the four in our study, Beach Read: about 95,000 words. People We Meet on Vacation is about 100,000, and Book Lovers and Funny Story about 106,000 each.
How long is the Beach Read audiobook?
10 hours 13 minutes unabridged, narrated by Julia Whelan. At 1.5x, about 6 hours 49 minutes.