Reading time
How long does it take to read Red Bones?
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves is about 396 pages, so it takes about 7 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 14 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
6 h 56 min
Red Bones · Ann Cleeves · first published 2009
- Pages
- 396
- 30 min a day
- 14 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 9 h 10 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 6 h 56 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 5 h 30 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 4 h 8 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 28 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 14 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 10 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 7 days |
Page count: median of 19 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#3 in Shetland
Next in the series: Blue Lightning (2010, 368 pages)
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Red Bones: reading time questions
- How many pages is Red Bones?
- Red Bones is about 396 pages. That is the median across the 19 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Red Bones?
- About 6 h 56 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 30 min.
- How many days to read Red Bones at 30 minutes a day?
- About 14 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 28 days, and at an hour a day about 7 days.
- What number is Red Bones in the Shetland series?
- Red Bones is book 3 in Shetland by Ann Cleeves.
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