Reading time
How long does it take to read An Echo in the Bone?
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon is about 834 pages, so it takes about 14½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 30 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
14 h 36 min
An Echo in the Bone · Diana Gabaldon · first published 2009
- Pages
- 834
- 30 min a day
- 30 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 19 h 18 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 14 h 36 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 11 h 35 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 8 h 41 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 59 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 30 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 20 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 15 days |
Page count: median of 13 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#7 in Outlander
Next in the series: Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014, 1152 pages)
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An Echo in the Bone: reading time questions
- How many pages is An Echo in the Bone?
- An Echo in the Bone is about 834 pages. That is the median across the 13 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read An Echo in the Bone?
- About 14 h 36 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 11 h 35 min.
- How many days to read An Echo in the Bone at 30 minutes a day?
- About 30 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 59 days, and at an hour a day about 15 days.
- What number is An Echo in the Bone in the Outlander series?
- An Echo in the Bone is book 7 in Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
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