How long does it take to read A Psalm for the Wild-Built?
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers takes about 2 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Monk and Robot
About 2 hours 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2021. 154 pages, about 42,350 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They're going to need to ask it a lot. Becky Chambers's new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?
Subjects: Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Novella, Queer
