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Book · Historical fiction

The New Confessions

by William Boyd

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The New Confessions, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
691
Reading time
≈ 12 h 30 min
Checkpoints
20
Genre
Historical
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How long does it take to read The New Confessions?

At 691 pages, The New Confessions is a long book. Expect about 12 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 26 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 10 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).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day26 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)10 days

Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 20 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 35
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 69
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 104
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 138
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 173
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 207
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 242
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 276
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 311
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 346
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 380
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 415
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 449
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 484
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 518
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 553
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 587
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 622
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 656
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 691

In Vread, The New Confessions is split into 20 checkpoints, one every 35 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 20 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

Checkpoint 1/20pp. 1–35

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 The New Confessions: 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

How many pages is The New Confessions?
The edition listed on Vread has 691 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read The New Confessions?
About 12 hours 30 minutes of reading, or 26 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on The New Confessions?
Yes: the Vread app has 20 reading questions on The New Confessions, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of The New Confessions?
Vread does not publish summaries: the app supports reading the book itself, part by part. Checkpoint questions cover what you have just read, which makes them a good way to check you did not miss anything.

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Written by Vread from its catalogue data (page count of the listed edition, checkpoints, ratings aggregated from 10 ratings). No summary or publisher text is reproduced. Reading times are estimates; see the method in the Vread Reading Barometer (in French).