How Long Does It Take to Read It Ends with Us?
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (2016) runs about 99,000 words — roughly 376 pages in a standard paperback. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that is 6 hours and 56 minutes of reading. The tables below break it down by pace and by daily reading sessions, and you can calculate reading time for any book or test how well you know this one with the It Ends with Us book quiz.
Reading time by speed
| Reading pace | Time to finish It Ends with Us |
|---|---|
| Slow (150 wpm) | 11 hours |
| Average (238 wpm) | 6 hours and 56 minutes |
| Fast (350 wpm) | 4 hours and 43 minutes |
| Speed reader (450 wpm) | 3 hours and 40 minutes |
Reading in daily sessions
Prefer a nightly page goal? Here is how long the book lasts as a daily habit:
| Session length | Days to finish |
|---|---|
| 15 minutes per day | 28 days |
| 30 minutes per day | 14 days |
| 60 minutes per day | 7 days |
Where the numbers come from
The average adult reads 238 words per minute for non-fiction and around 238–300 wpm for easy fiction, according to Marc Brysbaert’s 2019 meta-analysis of 190 reading-rate studies — the number most reading-time tools use. It Ends with Us’s word count (99,000) is an estimate for a standard text or translation; translations and editions vary, so treat both word and page counts as planning figures. For a custom edition or your own pace, the reading time calculator does the math for any word count.
Is It Ends with Us hard to read?
Easy - contemporary first-person prose with diary flashbacks; a fast, gripping read for older teens and adults.
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A realistic pace plan for It Ends with Us
Numbers help, but habits finish books. At 30 minutes a day — one coffee break or one commute — you are done in 14 days. Prefer the one-sitting test? You would need about 6 hours and 56 minutes in a single stretch, which most readers split over a weekend. And if you read 38 pages a night, the book lasts roughly 10 nights — the point is that a 376-page classic shrinks fast once the session is fixed. Readers who finish long books almost never “find time”; they pick the session size first and let the days accumulate.
Your pace may vary from chapter to chapter, especially when the language or ideas are unfamiliar. Leave a little room in your plan for slower passages. When you turn the last page, the It Ends with Us book quiz is a quick way to see how much stayed with you.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to read It Ends with Us?
At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, It Ends with Us takes about 6 hours and 56 minutes. At a fast 350 wpm it is 4 hours and 43 minutes; a slow, careful 150 wpm reader needs about 11 hours.
How many pages is It Ends with Us?
About 376 pages in a standard paperback edition — editions vary, so treat it as a close estimate.
How many words is It Ends with Us?
Approximately 99,000 words, the figure used for every calculation on this page.
Is It Ends with Us hard to read?
Easy - contemporary first-person prose with diary flashbacks; a fast, gripping read for older teens and adults.
Is It Ends with Us worth the time?
Lily finishes her father's funeral and meets a gorgeous neurosurgeon on a rooftop - the start of the kind of romance she thought she wanted, until it starts to look exactly like the marriage her mother endured. If that sounds like your kind of book, 6 hours and 56 minutes is a reasonable price for one of the most-read titles in its genre — and the quiz linked above tells you whether an earlier read already stuck.
What reading level is It Ends with Us?
About Grades 11-12, typically read by ages 17+. The suggested age is a guide; reading experience varies from person to person.
How long other classics take
Every title on the shelf is timed the same way in how long to read: 133 classics, timed — from Animal Farm’s single afternoon to War and Peace’s two-week campaign. For scale, It Ends with Us is the 64th longest of the 133 classics timed here — shorter than Anne of Green Gables but longer than The Hobbit.
Planning a whole-author project? The Colleen Hoover books in order guide lists the full shelf in reading order.