How long does it take to read Ashfall?
Ashfall by Mike Mullin takes about 8 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 44 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2011. 476 pages, about 130,900 words. Written for children.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.
Subjects: Science fiction, Survival, Volcanoes, Fiction, Children's fiction, Volcanoes, fiction
