How long does it take to read The Ape Who Guards the Balance?
The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters takes about 7 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 10 of Amelia Peabody series
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About 7 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 408 pages, about 112,200 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Valley of the Kings, 1907. Journey on a perilous adventure into antiquity with Amelia Peabody, fiction's most beloved archaeologist, and her captivating cohorts. "Ape" has it all -- exotic scenery, brazen tomb robbers, stolen treasures, vengeful gods, a mysterious cult -- and a ruthless, remorseless killer who has his eye on Amelia.
Subjects: Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character), Fiction, Women archaeologists, Women detectives, Homicide, Amelia Peabody (Fictional character)
