How long does it take to read Dune Messiah?
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert takes about 5 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Dune
Next: Dune Messiah
About 5 hours 7 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1969. 279 pages, about 76,725 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 101 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family’s dynasty...
Subjects: American Science fiction, Dune (Imaginary place), Fiction, Imaginary places, Science Fiction, Novela
