How long does it take to read The Falls?
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates takes about 9 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 6 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2004. 496 pages, about 136,400 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This work of literary fiction explores the dark side of family relationships. Romance noir defiles the pages paralleling the plight of Love Canal. As the nuclear age dawns on Upstate New York, the region careens into a new era with little care for the working poor. The narration hops from family member to family member across time weaving a curse.
Subjects: Novel, Fiction, Suicide victims, Historical Fiction, Waterfalls, Family relationships
