Quickest time you have ever read a book in.

[Truth Untold]

I'd say about 2 hours reading one of my sisters, can't remember which now.

[mono]

Interesting question. No doubt, however, this would greatly depend on the length of the book, and the amount of attention given to it.
I remember reading The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway in a matter of hours, in one sitting, not only because of its appearing a short novel, but also because I could not draw my eyes from it - amazing novel, to say the least! :nod:

[amanda_isabel]

i wouldn't know.. i dont time myself when i'm reading because sometimes i like to go back to whatever paragraph or sometimes i cheat-i look nearer the end to see its conclusion...

[the appletree]

I remember reading The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway in a matter of hours, in one sitting, not only because of its appearing a short novel, but also because I could not draw my eyes from it - amazing novel, to say the least! :nod:

I would have to agree with that. I read it in an hour and a half and it is probably one of my favorite books.

[IrishCanadian]

I'm a slow reader. I read that one in a day ... probably my fastest novel. Perhaps I read Gullavers travels faster but I doubt it.

[Ryduce]

I read Slaughterhouse-5 in about 1 hour and 35 min.

[whitetree]

the more you read
the fast you read
the better is the book
the fast you read
the more the author you like
the fast you read
……
so ,how much time you spend it depends on so much factors
so ,it is a silly question

[Nightmare9870]

The quickest time it took me to finish a book was two hours. The book was The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. It was about 140 pages, give or take.

[subterranean]

A half day for The Minds of Billy Milligan. I think that's my quickest

[Union Jack]

See Spot Run, finished in like 4 hours. :)

[mtpspur]

It's the quality of the read not the time. It's been a long workday yesterday pleasing no one -- (there are reasons Danny Devito is a mean dispatcher in Taxi) so with that in mind): any Dr Seuss in 10 mins or less. Serious response: as a teenager reading Gone with the Wind I think I polished it off in 11 days (possibly 13). Each of the Lord of the Rings volumes and The Hobbit were 3 days each (again as a teenager). The glory days are long gone.

[Truth Untold]

ok, maybe it was dumb question and i did know that factors would need to figure - just curious!

[Regit]

4 hours. English Criminal Law. This morning, as last 'minute' revision. :D
Other than that, never less than a week. I take my time with books, even novels. I'm a very slow reader I guess.

[mtpspur]

Truth untold -- I was trying to be 'cute' after a particular stressful day trying to get tow trucks to AAA mbrs in a timely manner. Many directionally challenged drivers out there. I hope I did not offend. Actually your question intrigues me with a slight variation--is a book good if it's long but read quickly? I have read some 200 pagers very fast (almost any R Sabatini novel) and been frustrated by much shorter books. I always end up thinking quality. Ethan Frome was short but an eternity read for English class. Would rather have read Little Women. (Back then I had wider range of interest. Now mostly detective stories or slice of life books.

[Jarndyce]

For a great, short read, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is fantastic. Especially in the height of a hot summer's day. Cold, cold novela, that.

[cateye515]

one hour...sarah, plain and tall...eight years ago!

[SurrealDialogue]

It's the quality of the read not the time.

I'll have to agree with mtpspur, one must take the time to read at an evenly pace because if one rushes through the whole work, then the reader will miss out of important information that isn't explicitly stated, especially in a first-person fiction when one must question the reliability of the narrator.

[mono]

For a great, short read, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is fantastic. Especially in the height of a hot summer's day. Cold, cold novela, that.
I read this Alexander Solzhenitsyn work, too, in a matter of hours, and I cannot agree more with your description of the novel - cold, dark, and rather depressing, but a fine piece of literature!

[diceman81]

Hi folks, new here,

Read 'Of Mice and Men' in a sitting overnight. I was a teenager then in a highly emotional state. I was reduced to tears by it.

D.