# The Sex Life of the Gods

The Sex Life of the Gods by M. E. Knerr has 32,218 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [M. E. Knerr](https://musael.com/books/authors/m-e-knerr.md) (1936–1999)
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 32,218
- **Reading time:** 2 h 9 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 3 h 28 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 2 h 41 min | 6 days |
| 250 wpm | 2 h 9 min | 5 days |
| 300 wpm | 1 h 47 min | 4 days |

## Read or listen

The Sex Life of the Gods is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40284

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 32,218
- Chapters: 19
- Dialogue: 28% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 10.8 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40284 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40643442W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40284

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-sex-life-of-the-gods