How long does it take to read The Invention of Hugo Cabret?
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick takes about 9 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 47 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1920. 534 pages, about 146,850 words. Written for children.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together...in The Invention of Hugo Cabret. This 526-page book is told in both words and pictures. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is not exactly a novel, and it’s not quite a picture book, and it’s not really a graphic novel, or a flip book, or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Each picture (there are nearly three hundred pages of pictures!) takes up an entire double page spread, and the story moves forward because you turn the pages to see the next moment unfold in front of you.
Subjects: historical fiction, Juvenile fiction, Railroad stations, Robots, Fiction, History
