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How long does it take to read The Atrocity Archives?

Charles Stross, Lucius Shepard

The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross, Lucius Shepard takes about 6 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 1 of The Laundry Files

Next: The Jennifer Morgue

About 6 hours 10 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2004. 336 pages, about 92,400 words.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 10 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.

Subjects: Geeks (Computer enthusiasts), Monsters, Intelligence service, Bob Howard (Fictitious character), Nazis, Fiction

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