How long does it take to read Thunderhead?
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Thunderhead by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child takes about 9 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 46 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 533 pages, about 146,575 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 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The bestselling authors of "The Relic" deliver a "highly readable tale of adventure and long-ago crimes" ("Dallas Morning News"). An archeologist goes in search of the fabled Lost City of Gold, an expedition her father had begun 16 years earlier before he mysteriously vanished in southeast Utah.
Subjects: Fiction, Prehistoric Hoards, Quivira (Legendary place), Women archaeologists, Pueblo Indians, Fiction, action & adventure