How long does it take to read The Death of Grass?
John Christopher
The Death of Grass by John Christopher takes about 4 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 225 pages, about 61,875 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and riots, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to descend into barbarism.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Virus diseases of plants, Fiction
