How long does it take to read The Subtle Knife?
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of His Dark Materials
Previous: Northern Lights Next: The Amber Spyglass
About 6 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 351 pages, about 96,525 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 106 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld – Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm. On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra and Will uncover a deadly secret: an object of extraordinary and devastating power. And with every step, they move closer to an even greater threat – and the shattering truth of their own destiny.
Subjects: Fantasy, English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Kidnapping
