How long does it take to read Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles)?
Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles) by Philip Reeve takes about 6 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 373 pages, about 102,575 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Science fiction
