Book · Historical fiction
Hawaii
by James A Michener
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Hawaii, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 1,682
- Reading time
- ≈ 30 h 30 min
- Checkpoints
- 47
- Genre
- Historical
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read Hawaii?
At 1,682 pages, Hawaii is a doorstopper. Expect about 30 hours 30 minutes 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 61 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 24 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 day61 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)24 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 47 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 36
- Checkpoint 2, page 72
- Checkpoint 3, page 107
- Checkpoint 4, page 143
- Checkpoint 5, page 179
- Checkpoint 6, page 215
- Checkpoint 7, page 251
- Checkpoint 8, page 286
- Checkpoint 9, page 322
- Checkpoint 10, page 358
- Checkpoint 11, page 394
- Checkpoint 12, page 429
- Checkpoint 13, page 465
- Checkpoint 14, page 501
- Checkpoint 15, page 537
- Checkpoint 16, page 573
- Checkpoint 17, page 608
- Checkpoint 18, page 644
- Checkpoint 19, page 680
- Checkpoint 20, page 716
- Checkpoint 21, page 752
- Checkpoint 22, page 787
- Checkpoint 23, page 823
- Checkpoint 24, page 859
- Checkpoint 25, page 895
- Checkpoint 26, page 930
- Checkpoint 27, page 966
- Checkpoint 28, page 1002
- Checkpoint 29, page 1038
- Checkpoint 30, page 1074
- Checkpoint 31, page 1109
- Checkpoint 32, page 1145
- Checkpoint 33, page 1181
- Checkpoint 34, page 1217
- Checkpoint 35, page 1253
- Checkpoint 36, page 1288
- Checkpoint 37, page 1324
- Checkpoint 38, page 1360
- Checkpoint 39, page 1396
- Checkpoint 40, page 1431
- Checkpoint 41, page 1467
- Checkpoint 42, page 1503
- Checkpoint 43, page 1539
- Checkpoint 44, page 1575
- Checkpoint 45, page 1610
- Checkpoint 46, page 1646
- Checkpoint 47, page 1682
In Vread, Hawaii is split into 47 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 47 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 Hawaii: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions
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