How long does it take to read Creation?
a novel
Creation by Gore Vidal takes about 10 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 31 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1981. 574 pages, about 157,850 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cyrus, a fifth century Persian, relates the story of his travels and encounters as an ambassador.
Subjects: Iran in fiction, Iranians in fiction, Fiction, Xerxes in fiction, American Historical fiction, Ambassadors in fiction
