How long does it take to read Dune?
House Harkonnen
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
Dune by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson takes about 13 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Caladan Trilogy
Previous: The Duke of Caladan Next: Dune: The Heir of Caladan
About 13 hours 47 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 752 pages, about 206,800 words.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
House Atreides and the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood are targeted by the power-hungry Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who enslaves several planets in his quest for control of the Known Universe, but Leto Atreides will protect his son Victor and his legacy as Duke at all costs.
Subjects: Science Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Dune (Imaginary place)
