How long does it take to read Educated?
Tara Westover
At an average reading speed of 250 words a minute, Educated takes 7 hours 33 minutes to read. The unabridged audiobook runs 12 hours at 1x, or 8h 7m at 1.5x.
Tara Westover's memoir is a standard novel length, about seven and a half hours at an average pace, and it reads like one. By our estimate it's the same length as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
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 (12:10) 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 Educated?
About 7h 33m at an average reading speed of 250 words a minute: 9h 26m at 200 and 6h 17m at 300.
How many words are in Educated?
About 113,150 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 Educated in a month?
About 14 pages a day, or 16m of reading a day at an average pace. That assumes about 411 pages at 275 words a page; real page counts vary by edition.
Can you read Educated in a week?
Yes: a little over an hour a day at an average pace finishes it in seven days.
How long is the Educated audiobook?
12 hours 10 minutes unabridged, narrated by Julia Whelan. At 1.5x, about 8 hours.