How long does it take to read Dead Air?
Dead Air by Iain Banks takes about 7 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 426 pages, about 117,150 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Thriller
