Their Eyes Were Watching God
At your speed≈ 5 hrs
Pages260
Audiobook≈ 8½ hrs
260 pages works out to roughly 78,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5 hrs — a weekend's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.87 out of 5, from 491 ratings.
How long does it take to read Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Their Eyes Were Watching God is 260 pages, or roughly 78,000 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 | 3½ 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.
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 Their Eyes Were Watching God?
- About 5 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Their Eyes Were Watching God runs 260 pages, roughly 78,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3½ hrs.
- How many pages is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
- 260 pages, which is about 78,000 words and 5 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
- Is Their Eyes Were Watching God worth reading?
- Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.87 out of 5, from 491 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 260 pages and about 5 hrs of your time, or 3½ hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the Their Eyes Were Watching God audiobook?
- About 8½ hrs, estimated from the 78,000 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
One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston.…
Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.
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