How long does it take to read The God of Small Things?
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy takes about 6 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 357 pages, about 98,175 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 65 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behavior and their lives. The book also reflects its irony against casteism, which is a major discrimination that prevails in India. It won the Booker Prize in 1997.
Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
- violence
- sexual content
- death of a child
- abuse
Subjects: Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, dalit, Catholicism, fraternal twins, Psychological fiction
