Reading time
How long does it take to read Deal Breaker?
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben is about 381 pages, so it takes about 6½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 14 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
6 h 40 min
Deal Breaker · Harlan Coben · first published 1995
- Pages
- 381
- 30 min a day
- 14 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 8 h 49 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 6 h 40 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 5 h 18 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 3 h 58 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 27 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 14 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 9 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 7 days |
Page count: median of 48 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in Myron Bolitar
Next in the series: Drop Shot (1996, 368 pages)
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Deal Breaker: reading time questions
- How many pages is Deal Breaker?
- Deal Breaker is about 381 pages. That is the median across the 48 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Deal Breaker?
- About 6 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 5 h 18 min.
- How many days to read Deal Breaker at 30 minutes a day?
- About 14 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 27 days, and at an hour a day about 7 days.
- What number is Deal Breaker in the Myron Bolitar series?
- Deal Breaker is book 1 in Myron Bolitar by Harlan Coben.
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