How long does it take to read King Rat?
King Rat by China Miéville takes about 6 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 344 pages, about 94,600 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul's prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat, who reveals Saul's royal heritage, a heritage that opens a new world to Saul, the world below London's streets--a heritage that also drags Saul into King Rat's plan for revenge against his ancient enemy. With drum 'n' bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must confront the forces that would use him, the forces that would destroy him, and the forces that shape his own bizarre identity.
Subjects: Fiction, Young men, Rats, Revenge, Sewerage, Fiction, fantasy, general
