The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins · 2008
How long does it take to read The Hunger Games?
About 8 hours
397 pages at 50 pages an hour. 16 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the perspective of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle royale to the death. The book received critical acclaim from major reviewers and authors. It was praised for its plot and character development. In writing The Hunger Games, Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008. The Hunger Games was first published in hardcover on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, featuring a cover designed by Tim O'Brien.
How long does it take to read The Hunger Games?
The Hunger Games is 397 pages, so it takes about 8 hours to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 11 hours 21 minutes; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 5 hours 40 minutes.
How many days to read The Hunger Games at 20 minutes a day?
About 24 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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