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How long does it take to read Prisoners of the Sun?

Hergé

Prisoners of the Sun by Hergé takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Pictorial Belgian wit and humor, Graphic novels, Comic books, strips, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Children's fiction, Tintin (fictitious character), fiction

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