How long does it take to read Ship of Fools?
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter takes about 9 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 16 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1962. 505 pages, about 138,875 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Ships, Ocean travel, Psychological fiction, Voyages and travels
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