How long does it take to read The World According to Garp?
a novel
The World According to Garp by John Irving takes about 10 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 49 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1978. 590 pages, about 162,250 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A Henry Robbins book."
Subjects: Fiction, Women in fiction, Eccentrics and eccentricities in fiction, Feminists, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Mothers and sons
