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How long does it take to read Licence To Kill?

John Gardner

Licence To Kill by John Gardner takes about 4 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 45 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1989. 259 pages, about 71,225 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 45 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 58 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

What begins as a joyous wedding for Bond's old CIA chum, Felix Leiter, turns into a hellish nightmare--when an evil billionaire drug lord flies into town and his henchmen brutally assassinate Leiter and his bride. Now, Bond is out for blood, and he is prepared to do anything--even give up his license to kill--to avenge the death of his friends.

Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, James Bond (Fictitious character), Fiction, Intelligence officers, Fiction, espionage

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