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How long does it take to read The Rainmaker?

John Grisham

The Rainmaker by John Grisham takes about 10 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 10 hours 22 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1995. 565 pages, about 155,375 words.

21 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 17 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 10 hours 22 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 28 minutes

The page count is the median across 67 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor "finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam."

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • abuse

How these are chosen

Subjects: Fiction, Insurance crimes, Insurance crimes in fiction, Leukemia in fiction, Insurance companies in fiction, Leukemia

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