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15 novels a month.

Averaging 90,000 words per novel (A). Average reading speed per person of 275 words per minute (WPM)

A/WPM*15/60 = 81 Hours Per Month spent reading novels

The average person cannot spend 2.7 hours per day reading novels.

I wish I could though :-(

First, i don't read quite that much, since I reach 15-per-month only with a large proportion of shorter works (eg. the Barsoom novels: http://www.feedbooks.com/list/1/barsoom).

2nd, if you don't watch much TV, and read when you take the bus to work and back, and always read for at least an hour before going to sleep, and you read faster than average, it tends to add up.

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