Strangers
At your speed≈ 5 hrs
Pages256
Audiobook≈ 8½ hrs
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.
256 pages works out to roughly 77,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5 hrs — a weekend's reading.
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How long does it take to read Strangers?
Strangers is 256 pages, or roughly 77,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 7½ 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 — 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 8½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Strangers?
- About 5 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Strangers runs 256 pages, roughly 77,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3 hrs.
- How many pages is Strangers?
- 256 pages, which is about 77,000 words and 5 hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Open Library lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
- Is Strangers worth reading?
- What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 256 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 Strangers audiobook?
- About 8½ hrs, estimated from the 77,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From Open Library
A memoir about the sudden, unexplained end of a twenty-year marriage. In early 2020, Belle Burden's husband abruptly announced he was leaving, with no prior warning or discussion.…
Burden revisits their life together searching for clues she may have missed, while reckoning with her own family history and societal expectations of how women should respond to betrayal. The book traces her transformation from a quiet, compliant woman into someone determined to reclaim her voice and rebuild her life.



