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How long does it take to read Cry of the Kalahari?

Delia Owens, Mark Owens

Cry of the Kalahari by Delia Owens, Mark Owens takes about 6 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 15 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1984. 341 pages, about 93,775 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 25 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 15 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 54 minutes

The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Written by two American zoologists who lived in the Kalahari desert in Africa during the 1970s, this factual but entertaining book details their life and the animal life they encountered.

Subjects: Animals, Description and travel, Zoology, Zoology, africa, Kalahari desert, Fiction, general

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