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How long does it take to read The Mosquito Coast?

Paul Theroux, Robin Waterfield

The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux, Robin Waterfield takes about 7 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 1 minute

A weekend read

First published 1981. 383 pages, about 105,325 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 42 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 1 minute
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 23 minutes

The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Fiction, Americans, American fiction, Fiction, family life, Honduras, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure

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