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Reading time

How long does it take to read American Gods?

by Neil Gaiman

At an average pace

11h 39m

174,625 words at 250 a minute

At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 3 weeks.

That is 23 sessions with American Gods.

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45 minutes a day would finish it in about 2 weeks.

This estimate uses a representative 635-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.

How many words is American Gods?

American Gods is about 174,625 words, estimated from its 635 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 11 hours 39 minutes.

We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.

How many pages is American Gods?

Catalog page count
635
Edition ISBN
9780747263746
Author
Neil Gaiman
Series
American Gods, book 1
Genre
fantasy, paranormal

These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.

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