Reading time
How long does it take to read Exit Strategy?
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells is about 182 pages, so it takes about 3 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 7 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
3 h 11 min
Exit Strategy · Martha Wells · first published 2018
- Pages
- 182
- 30 min a day
- 7 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 4 h 13 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 3 h 11 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 2 h 32 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 1 h 54 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 13 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 7 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 5 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 4 days |
Page count: median of 6 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#4 in The Murderbot Diaries
Next in the series: Network Effect (2020, 333 pages)
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Exit Strategy: reading time questions
- How many pages is Exit Strategy?
- Exit Strategy is about 182 pages. That is the median across the 6 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Exit Strategy?
- About 3 h 11 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 2 h 32 min.
- How many days to read Exit Strategy at 30 minutes a day?
- About 7 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 13 days, and at an hour a day about 4 days.
- What number is Exit Strategy in the The Murderbot Diaries series?
- Exit Strategy is book 4 in The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
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