How long does it take to read The Black Island?
The Black Island by Hergé takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 7 of The Adventures of Tintin
Previous: The Broken Ear Next: King Ottokar's Sceptre
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1947. 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 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Follow Tintin and his dog, Snowy, as they investigate a mysterious plane crash.
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Cartoons and comics, Fiction, Children's fiction, Graphic novels, Comic books, strips
