How many pages is Piranesi?

245 pages, which is about 74,000 words and 5 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.

Is Piranesi worth reading?

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.23 out of 5, from 2,937 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 245 pages and about 5 hrs of your time, or 3 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.

How long is the Piranesi audiobook?

About 8 hrs, estimated from the 74,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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Piranesi

Name: Piranesi
Author: Susanna Clarke

Susanna Clarke

5 hrsto read

At your speed≈ 5 hrs

Pages245

Audiobook≈ 8 hrs

245 pages works out to roughly 74,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5 hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.23 out of 5, from 2,937 ratings.

How long does it take to read Piranesi?

Piranesi is 245 pages, or roughly 74,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Piranesi at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	7 hrs
Average	250	5 hrs
Fast	400	3 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.

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Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Piranesi?: About 5 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Piranesi runs 245 pages, roughly 74,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3 hrs.
How many pages is Piranesi?: 245 pages, which is about 74,000 words and 5 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
Is Piranesi worth reading?: Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.23 out of 5, from 2,937 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 245 pages and about 5 hrs of your time, or 3 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
How long is the Piranesi audiobook?: About 8 hrs, estimated from the 74,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant.…

But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. There is one other person in the house—a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.

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