Reading time

How long does it take to read Blue Lightning?

Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves is about 368 pages, so it takes about 6½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 13 days at 30 minutes a day.

At an average reading speed

6 h 27 min

Blue Lightning · Ann Cleeves · first published 2010

Pages
368
30 min a day
13 days

By reading speed

Unhurried reader · 180 wpm8 h 31 min
Average adult · 238 wpm6 h 27 min
Quick reader · 300 wpm5 h 7 min
Very fast reader · 400 wpm3 h 50 min

By daily habit

Your reading speed

15 minutes a day26 days
30 minutes a day13 days
45 minutes a day9 days
60 minutes a day7 days

Page count: median of 13 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

#4 in Shetland

Next in the series: Dead Water (2013, 400 pages)

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Blue Lightning: reading time questions

How many pages is Blue Lightning?
Blue Lightning is about 368 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 Blue Lightning?
About 6 h 27 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 5 h 7 min.
How many days to read Blue Lightning at 30 minutes a day?
About 13 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 26 days, and at an hour a day about 7 days.
What number is Blue Lightning in the Shetland series?
Blue Lightning is book 4 in Shetland by Ann Cleeves.

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