How long does it take to read The Martian / Artemis / Project Hail Mary?
The Martian / Artemis / Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir takes about 24 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 24 hours 38 minutes
A long haul
First published 2022. 1,344 pages, about 369,600 words.
50 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 41 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 24 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 15 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Project Hail Mary Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission – and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. Artemis Jazz Bashara is one of the criminals. She lives in a poor area of Artemis and subsidises her work as a porter with smuggling contraband onto the moon. But it's not enough. So when she's offered the chance to make a lot of money she jumps at it. But though planning a crime in 1/6th gravity may be more fun, it's also a lot more dangerous. The Martian If the oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the water reclaimer breaks down, I'll die of thirst. If the hab breaches, I'll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I'll eventually run out of food and starve to death.
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, general, Anthology
