Reading time

How long does it take to read Dead Beat?

Dead Beat by Jim Butcher is about 450 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 53 min

Dead Beat · Jim Butcher · first published 2005

Pages
450
30 min a day
16 days

By reading speed

Unhurried reader · 180 wpm10 h 25 min
Average adult · 238 wpm7 h 53 min
Quick reader · 300 wpm6 h 15 min
Very fast reader · 400 wpm4 h 41 min

By daily habit

Your reading speed

15 minutes a day32 days
30 minutes a day16 days
45 minutes a day11 days
60 minutes a day8 days

Page count: median of 5 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

#7 in The Dresden Files

Next in the series: Proven Guilty (2006, 496 pages)

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Dead Beat: reading time questions

How many pages is Dead Beat?
Dead Beat is about 450 pages. That is the median across the 5 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
How long does it take to read Dead Beat?
About 7 h 53 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 15 min.
How many days to read Dead Beat 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 Dead Beat in the The Dresden Files series?
Dead Beat is book 7 in The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

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