How long does it take to read Alien - A Novel?
Alan Dean Foster, Peter Guinness
Alien - A Novel by Alan Dean Foster, Peter Guinness takes about 4 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 262 pages, about 72,050 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Adaptation of 1979 movie of the same name.
Subjects: American Science fiction, Ripley (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, media tie-in
