How long does it take to read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet?
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers takes about 8 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Wayfarers series
About 8 hours 13 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2014. 448 pages, about 123,200 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past. But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptilian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants. Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet.
Subjects: Fiction, Science fiction, Extraterrestrial beings, Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, science fiction, general, LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy
