It takes the average reader 13 hours and 12 minutes to read Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Winner of the 1974 National Book Award “A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites. The implications of this discovery will launch Slothrop on an amazing journey across war-torn Europe, fleeing an international cabal of military-industrial superpowers, in search of the mysterious Rocket 00000, through a wildly comic...
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is 768 pages long, and a total of 198,144 words.
This makes it 259% the length of the average book. It also has 242% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 2 minutes to read Gravity's Rainbow aloud.
Gravity's Rainbow is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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