How long does it take to read The Elementary Particles?
The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 43 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Zedenschets van de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw aan de hand van de levensgeschiedenis van twee halfbroers, de één een vergeestelijkt wetenschapper, de ander een jachtige erotomaan.
Subjects: Fiction, Halbbruder, Verschiedenheit, Einsamkeit, Belletristische Darstellung, Extinction (Biology)