How long does it take to read The Drifters?
The Drifters by James A. Michener takes about 13 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1971. 760 pages, about 209,000 words. Written for young adults.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 23 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eight wanderers, spanning three generations, find themselves thrown together in the Spanish resort town Torremolinos.
Subjects: Travelers, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Young adults, Hedonism, Nineteen sixties
