Reading time
How long does it take to read Brightness Reef?
Brightness Reef by David Brin is about 585 pages, so it takes about 10 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 21 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
10 h 14 min
Brightness Reef · David Brin · first published 1995
- Pages
- 585
- 30 min a day
- 21 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 13 h 33 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 10 h 14 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 8 h 8 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 6 h 6 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 41 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 21 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 14 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 11 days |
Page count: median of 13 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#4 in Uplift
Next in the series: Infinity's Shore (1996, 640 pages)
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Brightness Reef: reading time questions
- How many pages is Brightness Reef?
- Brightness Reef is about 585 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 Brightness Reef?
- About 10 h 14 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 8 h 8 min.
- How many days to read Brightness Reef at 30 minutes a day?
- About 21 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 41 days, and at an hour a day about 11 days.
- What number is Brightness Reef in the Uplift series?
- Brightness Reef is book 4 in Uplift by David Brin.