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How long does it take to read Cross Country?

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Cross Country by James Patterson takes about 7 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 14 of Alex Cross

Previous: Double Cross Next: Alex Cross's Trial

About 7 hours 17 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2008. 397 pages, about 109,175 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 8 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 33 minutes

The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking: a stunningly organized gang of lethal teenagers headed by a powerful, diabolical man--the African warlord known as the Tiger. Just when the detectives think they're closing in on the elusive murderer, the Tiger disappears into thin air. Tracking him to Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. Alone. From the author Time magazine has called "the man who can't miss," CROSS COUNTRY is the most heart-stopping, speed-charged, electrifying Alex Cross thriller yet.

Subjects: Fiction, African American psychologists, Alex Cross (Fictitious character), Suspense, Thriller, Fiction, suspense

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