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How long does it take to read God Emperor of Dune?

Frank Herbert

God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert takes about 8 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 4 of Dune

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About 8 hours 19 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1981. 454 pages, about 124,850 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 52 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 19 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 12 minutes

The page count is the median across 47 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Fourth book in the Dune series. Takes place 3500 years after the events of the original trilogy. Tells the story of Leto, the son of Paul Atreides, who has traded his humanity to become an immortal sandworm of Dune.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • sexual content

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Subjects: American Science fiction, Dune (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Dune (Imaginary place), Fiction, Science fiction

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