Book 2 of Remembrance of Earth's Past ยท 2008
The Dark Forest
by Liu Cixin. 576 pages, about 11 hours to read.
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How long to read The Dark Forest
At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, The Dark Forest takes about 11 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 576 pages.
| Your pace | Time |
|---|---|
| 150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud) | 18 hours |
| 200 words/min | 13 hours |
| 250 words/min (average) | 11 hours |
| 300 words/min | 8.8 hours |
| 400 words/min (fast) | 6.6 hours |
In the series
- Before this1. The Three-Body Problem
- This book2. The Dark Forest
- Next3. Death's End