How long does it take to read Gorillas in the Mist?
Dian Fossey
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey takes about 5 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 326 pages, about 89,650 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study.
Subjects: Behavior, Gorilla, Mammals, Gorillas, Verhalten, Naturalists