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Book 3 of His Dark Materials · 2000

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman. 536 pages, about 9.8 hours to read. Rated 3.9 out of 5 by 112 Open Library readers.

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How long to read The Amber Spyglass

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, The Amber Spyglass takes about 9.8 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 536 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)16 hours
200 words/min12 hours
250 words/min (average)9.8 hours
300 words/min8.2 hours
400 words/min (fast)6.1 hours

In the series

All 3 His Dark Materials books in order

Fantasy · Fantasy fiction · Quests (Expeditions) · Fiction · Missing persons · Good and evil