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Mercy's Child

Richard Paul Evans

At your speed≈ 7½ hrs

Pages384

Audiobook≈ 13 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

384 pages works out to roughly 115,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 7½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

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How long does it take to read Mercy's Child?

Mercy's Child is 384 pages, or roughly 115,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Mercy's Child at three reading speeds.
Your paceWords per minuteTime to finish
Slow17511 hrs
Average2507½ hrs
Fast4005 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 13 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Mercy's Child?
About 7½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Mercy's Child runs 384 pages, roughly 115,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 11 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
How many pages is Mercy's Child?
384 pages, which is about 115,000 words and 7½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Google Books lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
Is Mercy's Child worth reading?
What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 384 pages and about 7½ hrs of your time, or 5 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
How long is the Mercy's Child audiobook?
About 13 hrs, estimated from the 115,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.