How long does it take to read Piranesi?
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2020. 272 pages, about 74,800 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Piranesi is a speculative novel narrated through the journals of a man known only by that nickname, who lives in the House, a seemingly endless world of halls lined with statues, with clouds in the upper levels and a tidal ocean below. He tracks the tides carefully and regards himself as a scientist. Twice a week he meets the Other, a well-dressed man who asks for help searching for a hidden Great and Secret Knowledge. The Other also warns him that a sixteenth person may arrive and threaten his sanity.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Labyrinths, Fiction, Curiosities and wonders, Dwellings, Dead
