How long does it take to read A Thief of Time?
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman takes about 5 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of Joe Leaphorn
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About 5 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1988. 297 pages, about 81,675 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.
Subjects: Anasazi, Anthropology, Archaeology, Fiction, Navajo Indians, Navajo Indians in fiction
