How long does it take to read Authority?
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Southern Reach Series
Previous: Annihilation Next: Acceptance
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 352 pages, about 96,800 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reach has monitored expeditions into Area X, a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reach is in disarray, and John Rodriguez is the team's newly appointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and more than two hundred hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves.
Subjects: Literary, Fantasy, Fiction, Scientific expeditions, Discoveries in geography, Quests (Expeditions)
