Calculator
How many pages should I read per day?
Enter your book's length and the day you'd like to finish. We'll show you a comfortable daily pace.
Quick answer
The short answer
Divide the pages you have left by the number of days until your deadline. That's your daily target. For a 300-page book over 30 days, that's 10 pages a day — about 10 quiet minutes.
Your book
Your reading plan
Read about
10
pages a day
300 pages over 31 days
A short, gentle daily sitting.
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Save your plan in Page Pace — we'll log progress and quietly update tomorrow's number.
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How to use this calculator
- Enter the total page count of your book.
- Enter where you are right now (page 0 if you haven't started).
- Pick the day you'd like to finish — book club, a flight, or just a weekend.
- The calculator divides the remaining pages across the days you have left.
What's a comfortable pace?
- 10 pages/day — about 10 minutes. Easy to sustain.
- 20–25 pages/day — a half-hour habit. Most readers' sweet spot.
- 40–50 pages/day — a full hour. Good for short deadlines.
- 75+ pages/day — heavy. Consider extending the deadline.
| Book length | 30 days | 60 days | 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 pages | 7 pages/day | 4 pages/day | 3 pages/day |
| 300 pages | 10 pages/day | 5 pages/day | 4 pages/day |
| 400 pages | 14 pages/day | 7 pages/day | 5 pages/day |
| 500 pages | 17 pages/day | 9 pages/day | 6 pages/day |
| 700 pages | 24 pages/day | 12 pages/day | 8 pages/day |
| 1,000 pages | 34 pages/day | 17 pages/day | 12 pages/day |
Frequently asked
- How many pages should I read per day?
- Divide your remaining pages by the number of days until your deadline. For a 300-page book in 30 days, that's 10 pages a day. For most readers, 20–30 pages takes about 30 minutes.
- How long does it take to read 30 pages?
- Most adult readers move at roughly 1 page per minute for general fiction or non-fiction, so 30 pages typically takes 25–35 minutes. Denser writing (philosophy, classics) can take 50% longer.
- What if I miss a day?
- Recalculate using the pages you have left and the days that remain. Page Pace does this for you automatically — your daily number quietly adjusts so you never start from zero.
- Is reading 50 pages a day a lot?
- It's a fuller session — usually 45–60 minutes for typical prose. Comfortable for committed readers; a stretch if you only have 15 minutes a day.