Reading time

How long does it take to read Heat Lightning?

Heat Lightning by John Sandford is about 412 pages, so it takes about 7 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 15 days at 30 minutes a day.

At an average reading speed

7 h 13 min

Heat Lightning · John Sandford · first published 2008

Pages
412
30 min a day
15 days

By reading speed

Unhurried reader · 180 wpm9 h 32 min
Average adult · 238 wpm7 h 13 min
Quick reader · 300 wpm5 h 43 min
Very fast reader · 400 wpm4 h 18 min

By daily habit

Your reading speed

15 minutes a day29 days
30 minutes a day15 days
45 minutes a day10 days
60 minutes a day8 days

Page count: median of 9 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

#2 in Virgil Flowers

Next in the series: Rough Country (2009, 388 pages)

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Heat Lightning: reading time questions

How many pages is Heat Lightning?
Heat Lightning is about 412 pages. That is the median across the 9 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
How long does it take to read Heat Lightning?
About 7 h 13 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 43 min.
How many days to read Heat Lightning at 30 minutes a day?
About 15 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 29 days, and at an hour a day about 8 days.
What number is Heat Lightning in the Virgil Flowers series?
Heat Lightning is book 2 in Virgil Flowers by John Sandford.

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