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How long does it take to read The Lost Symbol?

Dan Brown

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown takes about 11 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 3 of Robert Langdon series

Previous: The Da Vinci Code Next: Inferno

About 11 hours 4 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2009. 604 pages, about 166,100 words.

23 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 18 hours 27 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 11 hours 4 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 55 minutes

The page count is the median across 121 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Lost Symbol is a 2009 novel written by American writer Dan Brown. It is a thriller set in Washington, D.C., after the events of The Da Vinci Code, and relies on Freemasonry for both its recurring theme and its major characters. Released on September 15, 2009, it is the third Brown novel to involve the character of Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon, following 2000's Angels & Demons and 2003's The Da Vinci Code.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence

How these are chosen

Subjects: Suspense & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Aventures, Langdon, Robert (Personnage fictif), Kidnapping, Signes et symboles

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