How long does it take to read The Western Lands?
The Western Lands by William S. Burroughs takes about 4 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 258 pages, about 70,950 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: American Surrealist fiction, Experimental fiction
