QualismaBooks worth your time

Is this book worth your time?

How long every book actually takes — at your reading speed, not an average one.

Qualisma works out how long each book takes at your reading speed, then scores it out of 10 for whether readers think it repays those hours — short books that readers love score highest. An honest answer about your time. How it works →

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Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.

Most worth your time

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime

Trevor Noah

9.1/10 — Well worth the time.

288 pages · roughly 86,000 words

≈ 6 hrs to read★ 4.53 on Hardcover, from 1,183 ratings

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is an autobiographical comedy book written by the South African comedian Trevor Noah, published in 2016.

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Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros

Threshing Day

Rebecca Yarros

224 pages · 4.25★ on Hardcover

≈ 4.5h8.0/10
Scion by James Islington

Scion

James Islington

228 pages · 3.85★ on Hardcover

≈ 4.5h6.5/10
Strangers by Belle Burden

Strangers

Belle Burden

256 pages · not widely rated yet

≈ 5h

Read it in a day

Five hours or less at an average pace — start after breakfast, finish before bed.

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

135 pages · 3.90★ on Hardcover

≈ 1h6.9/10
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

336 pages · 3.48★ on Hardcover

≈ 1.5h5.0/10

Finish in a weekend

Five to ten hours, which is two or three good sittings.

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

352 pages · 3.89★ on Hardcover

≈ 5h6.4/10
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

256 pages · 3.77★ on Hardcover

≈ 5h5.9/10
God's Country by William Kent Krueger

God's Country

William Kent Krueger

256 pages · not widely rated yet

≈ 5h

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The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

J. R. R. Tolkien

323 pages · 4.47★ on Hardcover

≈ 6.5h8.9/10
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

Elie Wiesel

126 pages · 4.28★ on Hardcover

≈ 2.5h8.6/10
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

352 pages · 4.43★ on Hardcover

≈ 7h8.6/10