How long does it take to read Sand?
Sand by Hugh Howey takes about 6 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Sand Chronicles
Next: Across the Sand
About 6 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 336 pages, about 92,400 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and stay united after the father leaves. Wife and mother, Rose, has only a whore house and as her income dwindles, she finds she must work in the establishment she runs. Her children, Palmer, Victoria, Rob and Conner, all take on the dangerous job of being sand divers, hoping to help their mother with expenses.
Subjects: Survival, Civilization, Families, Brothers and sisters, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
