Reading time
How long does it take to read Dark Age?
Dark Age by Pierce Brown is about 800 pages, so it takes about 14 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 28 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
14 h
Dark Age · Pierce Brown · first published 2019
- Pages
- 800
- 30 min a day
- 28 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 18 h 31 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 14 h |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 11 h 7 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 8 h 20 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 56 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 28 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 19 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 14 days |
Page count: median of 12 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#5 in Red Rising
Next in the series: Light Bringer (2023, 682 pages)
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Dark Age: reading time questions
- How many pages is Dark Age?
- Dark Age is about 800 pages. That is the median across the 12 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Dark Age?
- About 14 h at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 11 h 7 min.
- How many days to read Dark Age at 30 minutes a day?
- About 28 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 56 days, and at an hour a day about 14 days.
- What number is Dark Age in the Red Rising series?
- Dark Age is book 5 in Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
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