How long does it take to read The Shadowed Sun?
The Shadowed Sun by N. K. Jemisin takes about 9 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Dreamblood
Previous: The Killing Moon
About 9 hours 36 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 524 pages, about 144,100 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens, dooming them to die screaming in their sleep.
Subjects: Epidemics, Nightmares, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Magic, Dreams
