Reading time

How long does it take to read Death Masks?

Death Masks by Jim Butcher is about 416 pages, so it takes about 7½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 15 days at 30 minutes a day.

At an average reading speed

7 h 17 min

Death Masks · Jim Butcher · first published 2003

Pages
416
30 min a day
15 days

By reading speed

Unhurried reader · 180 wpm9 h 38 min
Average adult · 238 wpm7 h 17 min
Quick reader · 300 wpm5 h 47 min
Very fast reader · 400 wpm4 h 20 min

By daily habit

Your reading speed

15 minutes a day30 days
30 minutes a day15 days
45 minutes a day10 days
60 minutes a day8 days

Page count: median of 11 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

#5 in The Dresden Files

Next in the series: Blood Rites (2004, 394 pages)

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Death Masks: reading time questions

How many pages is Death Masks?
Death Masks is about 416 pages. That is the median across the 11 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
How long does it take to read Death Masks?
About 7 h 17 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 47 min.
How many days to read Death Masks at 30 minutes a day?
About 15 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 30 days, and at an hour a day about 8 days.
What number is Death Masks in the The Dresden Files series?
Death Masks is book 5 in The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

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