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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 1,108
- Reading time
- ≈ 20 h
- Checkpoints
- 31
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations?
At 1,108 pages, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is a doorstopper. Expect about 20 hours of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 41 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 16 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day41 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)16 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 31 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 36
- Checkpoint 2, page 71
- Checkpoint 3, page 107
- Checkpoint 4, page 143
- Checkpoint 5, page 179
- Checkpoint 6, page 214
- Checkpoint 7, page 250
- Checkpoint 8, page 286
- Checkpoint 9, page 322
- Checkpoint 10, page 357
- Checkpoint 11, page 393
- Checkpoint 12, page 429
- Checkpoint 13, page 465
- Checkpoint 14, page 500
- Checkpoint 15, page 536
- Checkpoint 16, page 572
- Checkpoint 17, page 608
- Checkpoint 18, page 643
- Checkpoint 19, page 679
- Checkpoint 20, page 715
- Checkpoint 21, page 751
- Checkpoint 22, page 786
- Checkpoint 23, page 822
- Checkpoint 24, page 858
- Checkpoint 25, page 894
- Checkpoint 26, page 929
- Checkpoint 27, page 965
- Checkpoint 28, page 1001
- Checkpoint 29, page 1037
- Checkpoint 30, page 1072
- Checkpoint 31, page 1108
In Vread, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is split into 31 checkpoints, one every 36 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 31 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Illustrative example
What a checkpoint looks like
A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
This is not a question from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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