How long does it take to read The Burning Shore?
The Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith takes about 7 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Courtney Novels series
Previous: A Sparrow Falls Next: Power of the Sword
About 7 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 435 pages, about 119,625 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: South African fiction (English)
