How long does it take to read Riddley Walker?
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban takes about 4 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1980. 220 pages, about 60,500 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Engrossing post apocalyptic book that told entirely in a vividly degenerated post-English that the reader is left to decipher as they find their way through the novel.
Subjects: Fiction, Nuclear warfare, Regression (Civilization), Slaves, Non-Classifiable, Science Fiction
