How long does it take to read The Hawkline Monster?
A Gothic Western
The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan takes about 3 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 216 pages, about 59,400 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western is a novel by Richard Brautigan first published in 1974. The novel is his fifth published novel, and a parody of Western and Gothic novels.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, general
