How long does it take to read Mayday?
Nelson DeMille, Thomas Harris Block
Mayday by Nelson DeMille, Thomas Harris Block takes about 8 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 27 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1980. 461 pages, about 126,775 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes the Trans Flight 52, a supersonic passenger jet bound for Japan. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane.
Subjects: disaster novel, Fiction, general, Airplane crash survival, Emergency maneuvers (Aeronautics), Aircraft accidents, Fiction
