How long does it take to read The Dark Is Rising?
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Dark Is Rising Sequence
Previous: Over Sea, Under Stone Next: Greenwitch
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 256 pages, about 70,400 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 58 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
Subjects: Fiction, Fantasy, Good and evil, Juvenile fiction, Will Stanton (Fictitious character), Magic
