How long does it take to read The Lord of Opium?
The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer takes about 7 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2013. 432 pages, about 118,800 words. Written for children.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El Patro n, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.
Subjects: Drug traffic, Cloning, Science fiction, Environmental degradation, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
