How long does it take to read The Lightning Thief?
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Next: The Sea of Monsters
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 384 pages, about 105,600 words. Written for children.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 108 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction—Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.
Subjects: Fiction, Greek Mythology, Juvenile fiction, Camps, Friendship, Fantasy fiction
