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How long does it take to read I Am the Messenger?

Markus Zusak

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 2 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2002. 384 pages, about 105,600 words. Written for children.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 44 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 2 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 24 minutes

The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

Subjects: Bank robberies, Juvenile fiction, Lebenslauf, Messengers, Fiction, Junger Mann

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