How long does it take to read Earthly Powers?
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess takes about 12 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1980. 664 pages, about 182,600 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Anthony Burgess has long been regarded as one of the most original and daring writers of our time. In Earthly Powers, Burgess has writtena book rich with astonishing powers and surprising events.
Subjects: Miracles, Gay men, Cardinals, Fiction, Authors, Older men
