How long does it take to read Jurassic Park?
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton takes about 8 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Jurassic Park
Next: The Lost World
About 8 hours 16 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 451 pages, about 124,025 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 94 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-created dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real-world implications. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World. In 1996 it was awarded the Secondary BILBY Award.
Subjects: dichogamy, corporate espionage, science fiction, cautionary tale, genetic engineering, amusement parks
