How long does it take to read Of Mice and Men?
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes about 2 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 14 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1937. 122 pages, about 33,550 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 293 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Set during the Great Depression, this short novel by John Steinbeck follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant ranch workers travelling across California in search of jobs. George is sharp but uneducated, while Lennie is huge, immensely strong and intellectually disabled, so he depends on his companion. They share a dream of owning a piece of land, where Lennie could look after rabbits. After a troubled departure from their previous job, they are hired at a new ranch, where they meet its workers and the superintendent's aggressive son. Loneliness, companionship and unreachable hopes run through the story.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: contemporary fiction, literary fiction, classics, Labor Trilogy, psychological fiction, Male friendship
