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How long does it take to read Maelstrom?

Peter Watts

Maelstrom by Peter Watts takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 7 hours 2 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2001. 384 pages, about 105,600 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 44 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 2 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 24 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Underwater exploration, Fiction, Revenge, Communicable diseases, Fiction, science fiction, general, Tsunamis

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