How long does it take to read Stranger in a Strange Land?
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein takes about 8 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1961. 438 pages, about 120,450 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 80 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians. The novel explores his interaction with—and eventual transformation of—terrestrial culture. The title is an allusion to the phrase in Exodus 2:22. According to Heinlein, the novel's working title was The Heretic. Several later editions of the book have promoted it as "The most famous Science Fiction Novel ever written".
Subjects: Hugo Award Winner, Fiction, Science fiction, American Science fiction, Religion, Cults
