How long does it take to read Black Water?
Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates takes about 2 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1992. 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 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A modern-day fictionalized retelling of The story of Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick scandal told by the victim, Kelly Kelleher (Mary Jo Kopechne).
Subjects: Legislators, Drowning victims, Fiction, Young women, Death, Traffic accidents
