Reading time
How long does it take to read Darkness, Take My Hand?
Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane is about 455 pages, so it takes about 8 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 16 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
7 h 58 min
Darkness, Take My Hand · Dennis Lehane · first published 1996
- Pages
- 455
- 30 min a day
- 16 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 10 h 32 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 7 h 58 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 6 h 19 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 4 h 44 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 32 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 16 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 11 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 8 days |
Page count: median of 28 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#2 in Kenzie & Gennaro
Next in the series: Sacred (1997, 368 pages)
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Darkness, Take My Hand: reading time questions
- How many pages is Darkness, Take My Hand?
- Darkness, Take My Hand is about 455 pages. That is the median across the 28 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Darkness, Take My Hand?
- About 7 h 58 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 6 h 19 min.
- How many days to read Darkness, Take My Hand at 30 minutes a day?
- About 16 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 32 days, and at an hour a day about 8 days.
- What number is Darkness, Take My Hand in the Kenzie & Gennaro series?
- Darkness, Take My Hand is book 2 in Kenzie & Gennaro by Dennis Lehane.