How long does it take to read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars?
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini takes about 16 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 8 minutes
A long haul
First published 2019. 880 pages, about 242,000 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope...
Subjects: Human-alien encounters, Fiction, Space colonies, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera
