How long does it take to read Kraken?
an anatomy
Kraken by China Miéville takes about 9 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 20 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2010. 509 pages, about 139,975 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in the US by Del Rey Books. The book bears the subtitle "An Anatomy" on the title page. It was the winner for the 2011 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Miéville has described the book as "a dark comedy about a squid-worshipping cult and the end of the world. It takes the idea of the squid cult very seriously. Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they’re not absurd."
Subjects: Magic, Cults, Giant squids, Museum curators, Fiction, Kraken
