Reading time
How long does it take to read Shift?
Shift by Hugh Howey is about 576 pages, so it takes about 10 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 21 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
10 h 5 min
Shift · Hugh Howey · first published 2013
- Pages
- 576
- 30 min a day
- 21 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 13 h 20 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 10 h 5 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 8 h |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 6 h |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 41 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 21 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 14 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 11 days |
Page count: median of 10 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#2 in Silo
Next in the series: Dust (2013, 448 pages)
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Shift: reading time questions
- How many pages is Shift?
- Shift is about 576 pages. That is the median across the 10 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Shift?
- About 10 h 5 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.
- How many days to read Shift at 30 minutes a day?
- About 21 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 41 days, and at an hour a day about 11 days.
- What number is Shift in the Silo series?
- Shift is book 2 in Silo by Hugh Howey.
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