How long does it take to read Child of God?
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy takes about 3 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 197 pages, about 54,175 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 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Falsely accused of rape, Lester Ballard is released from jail, and a trip to the dry-goods store, an errand to the blacksmith, and other incidents are transformed into scenes of the comic and the grotesque.
Subjects: Psychopaths, Fugitives from justice, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, psychological
