How long does it take to read Shift?
Shift by Hugh Howey takes about 10 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Silo
About 10 hours 34 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2013. 576 pages, about 158,400 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In a future less than 50 years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground. The history of the silo is about to be written. Our future is about to begin.
Subjects: Underground areas, Subterranean Civilization, Amnesia, Fiction, Science fiction, Roman
