How long does it take to read The Lightning Thief?
The Graphic Novel
The Lightning Thief by Robert Venditti, Rick Riordan takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 21 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2005. 128 pages, about 35,200 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Subjects: Zeus (Greek deity), Greek Mythology, Graphic novels, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Hades (Greek deity)
