How many novels could you read in the time you spend on your phone?

We’re all guilty of spending a little too much time on our smartphones. With just the slightest compromise on your app-trawling habits, you’d be amazed how fast you could get through your book bucket list. We took the average time people spend on certain phone activities over a month and found out just how many novels they could read in that time...

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We spend on average of

23:06

hours per month

  • 1

    The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

  • 2

    The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

  • 3

    Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

  • 4

    To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 

  • 5

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll

  • 1

    The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

  • 2

    The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

  • 3

    Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

  • 4

    To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 

  • 5

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll

Instant Messaging

We spend on average of

24:51

hours per month

  • 1

    The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald 

  • 2

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky 

  • 3

    The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) - C. S. Lewis 

  • 4

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) - Douglas Adams

  • 5

    One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

  • 1

    The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald 

  • 2

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky 

  • 3

    The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) - C. S. Lewis 

  • 4

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) - Douglas Adams

  • 5

    One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

Emailing

We spend on average of

30:47

hours per month

  • 1

    Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 

  • 2

    The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger 

  • 3

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) - J. K. Rowling

  • 4

    Twilight (Twilight, #1) - Stephenie Meyer 

  • 5

    The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

  • 1

    Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 

  • 2

    The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger 

  • 3

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) - J. K. Rowling

  • 4

    Twilight (Twilight, #1) - Stephenie Meyer 

  • 5

    The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Texting

We spend on average of

10:56

hours per month

  • 1

    The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • 2

    The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

  • 1

    The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • 2

    The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Photo or Video Messaging

We spend on average of

04:51

hours per month

  • 1

    Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 

  • 2

    Lord of the Flies - William Golding 

  • 1

    Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 

  • 2

    Lord of the Flies - William Golding 

Phone Calls

We spend on average of

14:03

hours per month

  • 1

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain 

  • 2

    The Fault in Our Stars - John Green 

  • 3

    Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 

  • 1

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain 

  • 2

    The Fault in Our Stars - John Green 

  • 3

    Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 

Video Calls

We spend on average of

08:33

hours per month

  • 1

    Animal Farm - George Orwell 

  • 2

    Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 

  • 1

    Animal Farm - George Orwell 

  • 2

    Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 

Whether the Harry Potter series sounds right up your street, you fancy a spot of The Great Gatsby, or Jane Eyre’s more your kind of thing – easing up on your smartphone addiction could be the key to re-establishing your reading passion.

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