How long does it take to read Z for Zachariah?
Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 240 pages, about 66,000 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A girl named ann thought she was the only one left after the war, but that becomes a mystery because she found some one!
Subjects: Young women, Juvenile fiction, Nuclear warfare, Children's fiction, Nuclear warfare, fiction
