How long does it take to read The Bone People?
Keri Hulme
The Bone People by Keri Hulme takes about 8 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1983. 464 pages, about 127,600 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale saturated with violence and Maori spirituality.
Subjects: Man Booker Prize Winner, Widowers, Maori (New Zealand people), Racially mixed people, Mute persons, Commitment (Psychology)
