Reading time
How long does it take to read Midnight Tides?
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson is about 631 pages, so it takes about 11 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 23 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
11 h 3 min
Midnight Tides · Steven Erikson · first published 2004
- Pages
- 631
- 30 min a day
- 23 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 14 h 36 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 11 h 3 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 8 h 46 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 6 h 34 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 45 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 23 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 15 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 12 days |
Page count: median of 13 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#5 in Malazan Book of the Fallen
Next in the series: The Bonehunters (2006, 906 pages)
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Midnight Tides: reading time questions
- How many pages is Midnight Tides?
- Midnight Tides is about 631 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 Midnight Tides?
- About 11 h 3 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 8 h 46 min.
- How many days to read Midnight Tides at 30 minutes a day?
- About 23 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 45 days, and at an hour a day about 12 days.
- What number is Midnight Tides in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series?
- Midnight Tides is book 5 in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson.
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