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The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Varieties of Religious Experience, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
675
Reading time
≈ 12 h 10 min
Checkpoints
19
Genre
Non-fiction
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How long does it take to read The Varieties of Religious Experience?

At 675 pages, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a long book. Expect about 12 hours 10 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 25 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 day25 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: 19 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 36
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 71
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 107
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 142
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 178
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 213
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 249
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 284
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 320
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 355
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 391
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 426
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 462
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 497
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 533
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 568
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 604
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 639
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 675

In Vread, The Varieties of Religious Experience is split into 19 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 19 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 1/19pp. 1–36

What a checkpoint looks like

A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.

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This is not a question from The Varieties of Religious Experience: 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 Varieties of Religious Experience?
The edition listed on Vread has 675 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read The Varieties of Religious Experience?
About 12 hours 10 minutes of reading, or 25 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on The Varieties of Religious Experience?
Yes: the Vread app has 19 reading questions on The Varieties of Religious Experience, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of The Varieties of Religious Experience?
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).