Book · Historical fiction
The Source
by James A. Michener
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Source, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 1,600
- Reading time
- ≈ 29 h
- Checkpoints
- 45
- Genre
- Historical
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read The Source?
At 1,600 pages, The Source is a doorstopper. Expect about 29 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 58 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 23 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 day58 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)23 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 45 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 36
- Checkpoint 2, page 71
- Checkpoint 3, page 107
- Checkpoint 4, page 142
- Checkpoint 5, page 178
- Checkpoint 6, page 213
- Checkpoint 7, page 249
- Checkpoint 8, page 284
- Checkpoint 9, page 320
- Checkpoint 10, page 356
- Checkpoint 11, page 391
- Checkpoint 12, page 427
- Checkpoint 13, page 462
- Checkpoint 14, page 498
- Checkpoint 15, page 533
- Checkpoint 16, page 569
- Checkpoint 17, page 604
- Checkpoint 18, page 640
- Checkpoint 19, page 676
- Checkpoint 20, page 711
- Checkpoint 21, page 747
- Checkpoint 22, page 782
- Checkpoint 23, page 818
- Checkpoint 24, page 853
- Checkpoint 25, page 889
- Checkpoint 26, page 924
- Checkpoint 27, page 960
- Checkpoint 28, page 996
- Checkpoint 29, page 1031
- Checkpoint 30, page 1067
- Checkpoint 31, page 1102
- Checkpoint 32, page 1138
- Checkpoint 33, page 1173
- Checkpoint 34, page 1209
- Checkpoint 35, page 1244
- Checkpoint 36, page 1280
- Checkpoint 37, page 1316
- Checkpoint 38, page 1351
- Checkpoint 39, page 1387
- Checkpoint 40, page 1422
- Checkpoint 41, page 1458
- Checkpoint 42, page 1493
- Checkpoint 43, page 1529
- Checkpoint 44, page 1564
- Checkpoint 45, page 1600
In Vread, The Source is split into 45 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 45 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 The Source: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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