How long does it take to read Halo?
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Halo by William C. Dietz takes about 6 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 341 pages, about 93,775 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fleeing the destruction of the planet Reach, the Master Chief and a few human survivors crash-land on Halo, where they race to unravel its secrets in order to gain control of a great source of power before the alien occupiers do.
Subjects: Fiction, Human-alien encounters, Space colonies, Artificial intelligence
