It takes the average reader 4 hours to read The Book of the River by Ian Watson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The river cuts right across the known world, from the impassable Far Precipices to the sea. The people on one bank are cut off from those on the other, for the black current has the power to stop them crossing. Only women can travel repeatedly up and down the river, but when Yaleen joins the boating guild and becomes a riverwoman, she is singled out to follow an even more extraordinary path...
The Book of the River by Ian Watson is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read The Book of the River aloud.
The Book of the River is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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