Reading time
How long does it take to read Exit Music?
Exit Music by Ian Rankin is about 419 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 20 min
Exit Music · Ian Rankin · first published 2007
- Pages
- 419
- 30 min a day
- 15 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 9 h 42 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 7 h 20 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 5 h 49 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 4 h 22 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 30 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 15 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 10 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 8 days |
Page count: median of 13 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#17 in Inspector Rebus
Next in the series: Standing in Another Man's Grave (2012, 389 pages)
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Exit Music: reading time questions
- How many pages is Exit Music?
- Exit Music is about 419 pages. That is the median across the 13 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Exit Music?
- About 7 h 20 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 49 min.
- How many days to read Exit Music 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 Exit Music in the Inspector Rebus series?
- Exit Music is book 17 in Inspector Rebus by Ian Rankin.
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