How long does it take to read Life of Pi?
Life of Pi by Yann Martel takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 351 pages, about 96,525 words. Written for young adults.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 115 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan… and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.
Subjects: Teenage boys, Zoo animals, Fiction, Tigers, Tiger, Man Booker Prize Winner
