Reading time
How long does it take to read Children of Blood and Bone?
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is about 552 pages, so it takes about 9½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 20 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
9 h 40 min
Children of Blood and Bone · Tomi Adeyemi · first published 2018
- Pages
- 552
- 30 min a day
- 20 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 12 h 47 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 9 h 40 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 7 h 40 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 5 h 45 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 39 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 20 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 13 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 10 days |
Page count: median of 20 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in Legacy of Orïsha
Next in the series: Children of Virtue and Vengeance (2019, 432 pages)
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Children of Blood and Bone: reading time questions
- How many pages is Children of Blood and Bone?
- Children of Blood and Bone is about 552 pages. That is the median across the 20 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Children of Blood and Bone?
- About 9 h 40 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 7 h 40 min.
- How many days to read Children of Blood and Bone at 30 minutes a day?
- About 20 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 39 days, and at an hour a day about 10 days.
- What number is Children of Blood and Bone in the Legacy of Orïsha series?
- Children of Blood and Bone is book 1 in Legacy of Orïsha by Tomi Adeyemi.
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