How long does it take to read Mortal Engines?
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve takes about 5 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Mortal Engines Quartet
Next: Predator's Gold
About 5 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 293 pages, about 80,575 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"London is hunting its prey" Cities have been turned into giant vehicles that roam around the world, eating each other for fuel and metal. Mortal Engines is the first in a series of four books set in this imaginative universe, and follows the adventures of Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw as they voyage from the heart of London to what remains of rural China. It covers the conflict between the traction cities and the anti-traction league - some of the last people living directly on the ground.
Subjects: Children's stories, English, Science fiction, Steampunk, Fiction, Nuclear weapons, City and town life
