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Book · Romance

You Are Here

by David Nicholls

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start You Are Here, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
350
Reading time
≈ 6 h 20 min
Checkpoints
9
Genre
Romance
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How long does it take to read You Are Here?

At 350 pages, You Are Here is a fairly long book. Expect about 6 hours 20 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 13 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 5 reading days. For a book of this length (250 to 399 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4.7 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day13 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)5 days

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

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 9 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 39
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 78
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 117
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 156
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 194
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 233
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 272
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 311
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 350

In Vread, You Are Here is split into 9 checkpoints, one every 39 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 9 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 1/9pp. 1–39

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 You Are Here: 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 You Are Here?
The edition listed on Vread has 350 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read You Are Here?
About 6 hours 20 minutes of reading, or 13 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on You Are Here?
Yes: the Vread app has 9 reading questions on You Are Here, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of You Are Here?
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).