How long does it take to read While Mortals Sleep?
unpublished short fiction
While Mortals Sleep by Kurt Vonnegut takes about 4 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 53 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 266 pages, about 73,150 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An anthology of sixteen previously unpublished works includes selections from the iconic writer's early literary career and is complemented by more than a dozen of his original works of art.
Subjects: Short stories, American fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)
