How long does it take to read East of Eden and The Wayward Bus?
East of Eden and The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck takes about 12 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 26 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1952. 678 pages, about 186,450 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 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Family, Good and evil, migrant labor, historical fiction, domestic fiction
