How long does it take to read Dead of the Night?
Dead of the Night by John Marsden takes about 5 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 278 pages, about 76,450 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Six determined Australian teenagers try to find their missing friends while continuing to resist the enemies who have invaded their country.
Subjects: Survival, War, Fiction, Children's fiction, Survival, fiction, War, fiction