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How long does it take to read Closer to Home?

Mercedes Lackey

Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey takes about 6 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 42 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2014. 365 pages, about 100,375 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 9 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 42 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 11 minutes

The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Trained as a spy by the King's Own Herald, an orphan named Mags rises through the ranks of the Heralds' Collegium and uses his powerful Mindspeech gift to outmaneuver a royal court plot that risks his mentor and family.

Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Teachers, Psychic ability, Conspiracies, Courts and courtiers, Orphans

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