Cover of Along Came a Spider
Reading time

How long does it take to read Along Came a Spider?

by James Patterson

At an average pace

7h 59m

119,625 words at 250 a minute

At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 2 weeks.

That is 16 sessions with Along Came a Spider.

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45 minutes a day would finish it in about 11 days.

This estimate uses a representative 435-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.

How many words is Along Came a Spider?

Along Came a Spider is about 119,625 words, estimated from its 435 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 7 hours 59 minutes.

We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.

How many pages is Along Came a Spider?

Catalog page count
435
Edition ISBN
9780446692632
Author
James Patterson
Series
Alex Cross, book 1
Genre
mystery, thriller, crime

These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.

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