How long does it take to read The Given Day?
a novel
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane takes about 13 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Coughlin
Next: Live by Night
About 13 hours 12 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 720 pages, about 198,000 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Psychological fiction, Fiction, Boston (Mass.)., Boston (Mass.). Police Dept, Large print books, Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.
