Reading time
How long does it take to read Iron Gold?
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown is about 672 pages, so it takes about 12 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 24 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
11 h 46 min
Iron Gold · Pierce Brown · first published 2018
- Pages
- 672
- 30 min a day
- 24 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 15 h 33 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 11 h 46 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 9 h 20 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 7 h |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 48 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 24 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 16 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 12 days |
Page count: median of 14 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#4 in Red Rising
Next in the series: Dark Age (2019, 800 pages)
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Iron Gold: reading time questions
- How many pages is Iron Gold?
- Iron Gold is about 672 pages. That is the median across the 14 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Iron Gold?
- About 11 h 46 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 9 h 20 min.
- How many days to read Iron Gold at 30 minutes a day?
- About 24 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 48 days, and at an hour a day about 12 days.
- What number is Iron Gold in the Red Rising series?
- Iron Gold is book 4 in Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
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