How long does it take to read Land of Black Gold?
Land of Black Gold by Hergé takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 15 of The Adventures of Tintin
Previous: Prisoners of the Sun Next: Destination Moon
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1961. 62 pages, about 17,050 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 43 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tintin travels to the Land of Black Gold, after car engines begin exploding around the world. The world is on the brink of an oil crisis.
Subjects: Comic books, strips, Muñequitos, tiras cómicas, Novela gráfica, Pictorial Belgian wit and humor, Adventure and adventurers, Fiction
