How many pages is The Grapes of Wrath?

496 pages, which is about 149,000 words and 10 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.

Is The Grapes of Wrath worth reading?

We score it 6.3 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.95 out of 5 from 1,135 ratings, which counts for 6.6; at about 10 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.3 for its length.

How long is The Grapes of Wrath audiobook?

About 16½ hrs, estimated from the 149,000 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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The Grapes of Wrath

Name: The Grapes of Wrath
Author: John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

10 hrsto read

6.3worth it

At your speed≈ 10 hrs

Pages496

Audiobook≈ 16½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

496 pages works out to roughly 149,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 10 hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.95 out of 5, from 1,135 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.3/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 6.6 (Hardcover's 3.95★ from 1,135 ratings) − length 0.3 = 6.3. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Grapes of Wrath?

The Grapes of Wrath is 496 pages, or roughly 149,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Grapes of Wrath at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	14 hrs
Average	250	10 hrs
Fast	400	6 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 16½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Grapes of Wrath?: About 10 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Grapes of Wrath runs 496 pages, roughly 149,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 14 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 6 hrs.
How many pages is The Grapes of Wrath?: 496 pages, which is about 149,000 words and 10 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is The Grapes of Wrath worth reading?: We score it 6.3 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.95 out of 5 from 1,135 ratings, which counts for 6.6; at about 10 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.3 for its length.
How long is The Grapes of Wrath audiobook?: About 16½ hrs, estimated from the 149,000 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

Steinbeck’s classic novel of the Great Depression is as vivid now as ever. The story focuses on a family of Oklahoma sharecroppers, farmers who work another man’s land for a share of the crops. Driven from their home by drought and poverty they take to the road in a battered old truck and make their way to California to look for work.…

When they arrive they find hundreds of others like them being forced to work for breadline wages. they begin working as fruit pickers, strike-breakers replacing the people who have been trying to establish a union but their consciences force them to leave.

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