How long does it take to read Moth Smoke?
Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 256 pages, about 70,400 words. Written for young adults.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A portrait of contemporary Pakistan featuring an adulterous romance between two ultra-rich jet setters. He is a banker and she is the wife of his best friend, and she is escaping the constraints of marriage and motherhood by prowling the city as a journalist.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Nineteen ninety-eight, A.D., Drug abuse, Young adults, Fiction, Adultery
