Reading time
How long does it take to read A Map of Days?
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs is about 496 pages, so it takes about 8½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 18 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
8 h 41 min
A Map of Days · Ransom Riggs · first published 2018
- Pages
- 496
- 30 min a day
- 18 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 11 h 29 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 8 h 41 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 6 h 53 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 5 h 10 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 35 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 18 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 12 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 9 days |
Page count: median of 7 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#4 in Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Next in the series: The Conference of the Birds (2020, 336 pages)
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A Map of Days: reading time questions
- How many pages is A Map of Days?
- A Map of Days is about 496 pages. That is the median across the 7 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read A Map of Days?
- About 8 h 41 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 6 h 53 min.
- How many days to read A Map of Days at 30 minutes a day?
- About 18 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 35 days, and at an hour a day about 9 days.
- What number is A Map of Days in the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series?
- A Map of Days is book 4 in Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
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