How long does it take to read The Sparrow?
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell takes about 7 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 428 pages, about 117,700 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Sparrow is a novel about a remarkable man, a living saint, a life-long celibate and Jesuit priest, who undergoes an experience so harrowing and profound that it makes him question the existence of God. This experience--the first contact between human beings and intelligent extraterrestrial life--begins with a small mistake and ends in a horrible catastrophe.
Subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jesuits, Life on other planets, Romance, Twenty-first century
