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Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey, Perfection Learning Corporation
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Sometimes a Great Notion, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 1,046
- Reading time
- ≈ 19 h
- Checkpoints
- 29
- Genre
- Fiction
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read Sometimes a Great Notion?
At 1,046 pages, Sometimes a Great Notion is a doorstopper. Expect about 19 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 38 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 15 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 day38 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)15 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 29 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 36
- Checkpoint 2, page 72
- Checkpoint 3, page 108
- Checkpoint 4, page 144
- Checkpoint 5, page 180
- Checkpoint 6, page 216
- Checkpoint 7, page 252
- Checkpoint 8, page 289
- Checkpoint 9, page 325
- Checkpoint 10, page 361
- Checkpoint 11, page 397
- Checkpoint 12, page 433
- Checkpoint 13, page 469
- Checkpoint 14, page 505
- Checkpoint 15, page 541
- Checkpoint 16, page 577
- Checkpoint 17, page 613
- Checkpoint 18, page 649
- Checkpoint 19, page 685
- Checkpoint 20, page 721
- Checkpoint 21, page 757
- Checkpoint 22, page 794
- Checkpoint 23, page 830
- Checkpoint 24, page 866
- Checkpoint 25, page 902
- Checkpoint 26, page 938
- Checkpoint 27, page 974
- Checkpoint 28, page 1010
- Checkpoint 29, page 1046
In Vread, Sometimes a Great Notion is split into 29 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 29 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 Sometimes a Great Notion: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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