Reading time
How long does it take to read The Empty Chair?
The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver is about 459 pages, so it takes about 8 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 17 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
8 h 2 min
The Empty Chair · Jeffery Deaver · first published 2000
- Pages
- 459
- 30 min a day
- 17 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 10 h 38 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 8 h 2 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 6 h 23 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 4 h 47 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 33 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 17 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 11 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 9 days |
Page count: median of 15 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#3 in Lincoln Rhyme
Next in the series: The Stone Monkey (2002, 528 pages)
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The Empty Chair: reading time questions
- How many pages is The Empty Chair?
- The Empty Chair is about 459 pages. That is the median across the 15 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read The Empty Chair?
- About 8 h 2 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 6 h 23 min.
- How many days to read The Empty Chair at 30 minutes a day?
- About 17 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 33 days, and at an hour a day about 9 days.
- What number is The Empty Chair in the Lincoln Rhyme series?
- The Empty Chair is book 3 in Lincoln Rhyme by Jeffery Deaver.