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Book 3 of The Mortal Instruments · 2009

City of Glass

by Cassandra Clare. 560 pages, about 10 hours to read. Rated 4.8 out of 5 by 9 Open Library readers.

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How long to read City of Glass

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, City of Glass takes about 10 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 560 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)17 hours
200 words/min13 hours
250 words/min (average)10 hours
300 words/min8.6 hours
400 words/min (fast)6.4 hours

In the series

All 6 The Mortal Instruments books in order

Magic · Vampires · Juvenile fiction · Demonology · Fiction · Children's fiction