# The Crack of Doom

The Crack of Doom by Robert Cromie has 42,917 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Robert Cromie](https://musael.com/books/authors/robert-cromie.md) (1856–1907)
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 42,917
- **Reading time:** 2 h 52 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 4 h 37 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 3 h 35 min | 8 days |
| 250 wpm | 2 h 52 min | 6 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 23 min | 5 days |

## Read or listen

The Crack of Doom is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26563

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 42,917
- Chapters: 20
- Dialogue: 35% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 12.9 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26563 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7373763W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26563

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-crack-of-doom