Reading time
How long does it take to read The Ape Who Guards the Balance?
The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters is about 408 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 9 min
The Ape Who Guards the Balance · Elizabeth Peters · first published 1998
- Pages
- 408
- 30 min a day
- 15 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 9 h 27 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 7 h 9 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 5 h 40 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 4 h 15 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 29 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 15 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 10 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 8 days |
Page count: median of 14 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#10 in Amelia Peabody
Next in the series: The Falcon at the Portal (1999, 383 pages)
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The Ape Who Guards the Balance: reading time questions
- How many pages is The Ape Who Guards the Balance?
- The Ape Who Guards the Balance is about 408 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 The Ape Who Guards the Balance?
- About 7 h 9 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 40 min.
- How many days to read The Ape Who Guards the Balance 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 The Ape Who Guards the Balance in the Amelia Peabody series?
- The Ape Who Guards the Balance is book 10 in Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters.
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