How long does it take to read Noughts & Crosses?
Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Noughts & Crosses
Next: Knife Edge
About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 400 pages, about 110,000 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Callum is a Nought - an inferior white citizen in a society controlled by the black Crosses. Sephy is a Cross - and the daughter of one of the most powerful, ruthless men in the country. In their hostile, violent world, noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. But when Sephy and Callum's childhood friendship grows into passionate love, they're determined to find a way to be together. And then the bomb explodes...
Subjects: Fiction, Dystopia, Racism, Terrorism, Prejudices, Conduct of life
