How long does it take to read The Makioka Sisters?
The Makioka Sisters by Junichirô Tanizaki takes about 9 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 43 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1944. 530 pages, about 145,750 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 45 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Sisters, Japanese fiction, Texts, Novel, Japanese
