“I read it in one sitting” ...really?!

I used to do this often pre children.

I did a literature degree decades ago and used to need to read around 5 novels per week plus literary criticism. Obviously I had no responsibility to anyone but myself and a better ability to concentrate than I do now and the internet was in its infancy and only used by a few computer science students in the computer science room...

Fast reader here. A book that size would take me just over 1hr.

I read one in a day last week. It was recommended to me in the morning , I downloaded it onto my Kindle and read for an hour in an airport lounge. Then four hours on a plane. Got home and had some dinner, then read all evening and into the night . By midnight I'd finished . It was about 450 pages and I didn't miss any. . I didn't think that was unusual - I've done it many times when I've really liked the book.

I'm an average reader, probably bordering on slow. I'm completely jealous and in awe of those who can read quickly and still absorb the information. I'm an avid reader, so it's not as if I don't get loads of practice. But sometimes I'll go back over a sentence or paragraph again because I haven't quite got the sense of it - and that's with me reading at an average speed!

I would be interested to know how fast readers get along with audio books though. They must seem ploddingly slow!

Oh, and I do hear a voice in my head when I'm reading, so that probably slows me down considerably.

I like to write (as a hobby) and sometimes I think I would be a bit offended if someone were to speed read through my carefully chosen words. Having read some of the responses on here though, it would seem that those who do read quickly, don't miss stuff - they're just quicker. Gah!!!

Depends on the book but yes I could and do.

I'm a fast reader and always have been. When we did tests at school I remember this came up, the test would start with ten minutes "reading time" where you can read through the paper but can't start writing. Some would complain the time wasn't long enough to read it all but others would have read it 3 times, with time to spare. It's just the way some people naturally read I guess.

On my 2 week honeymoon I read 18 books, so more than a book a day. DH made me promise not to tell anyone that because he said it's a terrible reflection of what sort of company he must be

Read Harry potter order of phoenix through night, didn't sleep at all, when 18

@donajemina that’s the best description ever of how I read!
My parents didn’t used to believe I’d really read a book in an evening so my dad used to randomly quiz me on it when I came bouncing through to their bedroom in the morning - eventually he accepted that yes, I really was! I finished our summer library reading game (read 6 books and answer questions on each one before you could get the next) in about 2 days one summer!

I’m a fast reader and given the chance I’ll read a book in a single day (eg a beach holiday!). That feels like a real luxury though!

I'm not a massively fast reader, but if I'm in to a book, it has been known for me to spend a full day/evening reading it til it's done.

I can read documents and articles quickly and that is reading down and getting the gist. But with books I think I don't feel I've read it if I've not read it - good books, that is.

Just read Us in a few hours, most of it in the bath. Hardly great literature but very absorbing.

I can reread a lot which suggests I don't take much in on the first go...

@SwedishEdith I think I do but apparently I miss out words like and/the/I etc

I got sick of being challenged about not having read things and my old manager gave me a procedure to read. A sheet of A4, I read it and passed it back
"You haven't read that already"
Me "if I had a bloody pound.... fine, what bit do you want me to tell you"
Him "all of it"
Me < quotes back entire procedure >
Him "Er....ok"

I had a teacher accuse me of lying when I was about 5 and that carrier on through school, even as an adult I have had constant people looking at me reading and asking if I'm "really reading it"
No I'm just turning the pages fast

I've just tested my reading speed. 409 words per minute with 100% comprehension but the first one I tried I got a speed of 1500 words per minute with 0 comprehension. I reckon I'm somewhere between the two. I definitely miss stuff out of gripping books because I want to get to the good bits. For example, I'll gloss over 'the ocean was a blue as blue things and the shiny sun danced off the water etc etc, ' because I want to know who bopped John on the head with a candlestick.
I read the latest Harlan Coben in 6 hours.

In the past it was rare if a book took me longer than one day. Going on holiday was a nightmare. Nowadays I faff about on the internet too much, or am too busy, so I seem to take longer.

Yes. You may not retain all the information like if you had read it slower but you get the shape of it. I stayed up all night with the last Harry Potter book!

Do quick readers read all the words? I realise I read in my speaking speed (I think). I can read a book in a day on holiday but I couldn't read a book in an evening after work.

Panda, what was that book? Sounds good

As I'm now an established slower reader here I am proud to admit I do know when to give up on a book

Oh lord I feel embarrassed now. I take forever to read a book, especially now that age and the internet has ruined my concentration level.

I read quite fast. Probably not a great,get every single detail in reader though. At my worst(best?!?) I finished several books in one day,especially if something I'm really into.

I also developed an ability to read on my kindle while cooking/doing laundry/dishes etc so I don't feel as bad foe getting lost in a book and doing nothing for a day.

I read at least 100 pages an hour and my 12 year old reads faster than me (Philip Pullman level YA fiction, sci- fi and fantasy).

CMOT
I'm impressed with your reading speed

I just did some reading tests to check what my reading speed is, and its around 870 words per minute for high complexity, full comprehension.

I didn't learn to speed read, but my mum and grandmother were both fast readers too.

I can read upside down faster than most people can read normally too. This is a great advantage in meetings!

Oops. Anyway the answer to the question is a chick lit type novel would take me around an hour to read