How long does it take to read The Hydrogen Sonata?
The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain Banks takes about 9 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 29 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 517 pages, about 142,175 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Suspected of involvement after the Regimental High Command is destroyed as they prepared to go to a new level of existence called Sublime, Lieutenant Commander Vyr Cossont must find a nine-thousand-year-old man to clear her name.
Subjects: Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Space warfare, Sabotage, Subversive activities
