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How long does it take to read John Carter of Mars?

Edgar Rice Burroughs

John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs takes about 2 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 11 of Barsoom

Previous: Llana of Gathol

About 2 hours 20 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1940. 127 pages, about 34,925 words.

5 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 3 hours 53 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 20 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 27 minutes

The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Fiction, Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character), Barsoom (imaginary place), fiction, John Carter (Fictitious character), Martians

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