How long does it take to read The Hunt for Red October?
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy takes about 8 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 47 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1984. 479 pages, about 131,725 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 63 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision...the Red October is heading west.The Americans want her.The Russians want her back.And the most incredible chase in history is on...The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a runaway top secret Russian missile sub. Its title: The Hunt for Red October.
Subjects: Fiction, Thriller, Intelligence service, Jack Ryan (Fictitious character), Fiction, thrillers, espionage, United States
