How long does it take to read Survivor?
A Novel
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk takes about 5 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 289 pages, about 79,475 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane’s black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult and, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media messiah, he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally and apocalyptically spiralling out of control.
Subjects: Autobiography, Cults, Fiction, Suicide victims, Authorship, United states, fiction
