How long does it take to read Buried Fire?
Buried Fire by Jonathan Stroud takes about 5 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 308 pages, about 84,700 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A powerful novel combines elements of fantasy and mythology with a contemporary settingTwo brothers, Michael and Stephen MacIntyre, together with their sister Sarah and the local vicar Tom Aubrey, uncover a deadly secret buried near their village. But time is short: can they prevent the awakening of an ancient evil before its powers corrupt them for ever?
Subjects: Brothers and sisters, Brothers and sisters in fiction, Dragons, Dragons in fiction, England in fiction, Fiction
