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How long does it take to read Hardcase?

Dan Simmons

Hardcase by Dan Simmons takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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A weekend read

First published 2001. 272 pages, about 74,800 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 19 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 59 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 7 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Ex-con Joe Kurtz is hired by a Buffalo mob boss to find a missing accountant.

Subjects: Fiction, Organized crime, Missing persons, Missing persons in fiction, Organized crime in fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general

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