How long does it take to read On the Beach?
On the Beach by Nevil Shute takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1957. 304 pages, about 83,600 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 120 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North.
Subjects: Atomic Bomb, English Science fiction, Fiction, Nuclear warfare, Roman, Juvenile fiction
