How long does it take to read On Her Majesty's Secret Service?
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 11 of James Bond
Previous: The Spy Who Loved Me Next: You Only Live Twice
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 88 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In his Alpine base, Blofeld is developing biological weapons that will devastate Britain. Unaware of the danger, James Bond is about to marry Teresa di Vicenzo, the daughter of a Corsican Mafioso. But then he is sent to Switzerland. Bond's marriage and Blofeld's schemes disintegrate in a blizzard of gunfire and high-explosives from which neither man emerges the victor.
Subjects: British, Fiction, James Bond (Fictitious character), Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, SMERSH (fictional agency)
