How long does it take to read Waterland?
Waterland by Graham Swift takes about 6 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 358 pages, about 98,450 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Waterland is a 1983 novel by Graham Swift. It is considered to be the author's premier novel and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize (a prize Swift finally achieved with Last Orders).
Subjects: Fiction, Mentally ill women, History teachers, Autobiographical memory, Married people, Modern fiction
