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How long does it take to read Bare Bones?

Kathy Reichs

Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs takes about 7 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 1 minute

A weekend read

First published 2003. 383 pages, about 105,325 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 42 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 1 minute
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 23 minutes

The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones. . . . Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic — a pig pickin' — in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter — and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.

Subjects: Forensic anthropology, Criminals, Smuggling, Women anthropologists, Women forensic anthropologists, Endangered species

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