How long does it take to read Annihilation?
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Southern Reach Series
Next: Authority
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 208 pages, about 57,200 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The twelfth expedition arrives expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers. They discover a massive topographic anomaly and life-forms that surpass understanding. But it's the surprises that came across the border with them, and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.
Subjects: Nebula Award Winner, Discoveries in geography, Fiction, Scientists, Science-Fiction, Suspense fiction
