How long does it take to read Parable of the Talents?
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler takes about 7 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Earthseed
Previous: Parable of the Sower
About 7 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 424 pages, about 116,600 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a new faith group directly opposed to the new government. This is the story of the group's struggle to preserve its vision. As the government turns a blind eye to the violent bigots who consider a black female leader a threat, Lauren Olamina must either sacrifice her child and her followers or forsake her religion. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence,
Subjects: Fiction, Twenty-first century, Young women, Science fiction, Dystopias, Fiction, fantasy, contemporary
