How long does it take to read Guts?
The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
Guts by Gary Paulsen takes about 2 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2000. 148 pages, about 40,700 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
Subjects: American Authors, Authorship, Biography, Children's stories, Authors, american
