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Book 2 of Cormoran Strike · 2014

The Silkworm

by J. K. Rowling. 464 pages, about 8.5 hours to read. Rated 3.9 out of 5 by 29 Open Library readers.

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How long to read The Silkworm

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, The Silkworm takes about 8.5 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 464 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)14 hours
200 words/min11 hours
250 words/min (average)8.5 hours
300 words/min7.1 hours
400 words/min (fast)5.3 hours

In the series

All 8 Cormoran Strike books in order

missing persons · private investigator · fiction · Cormoran Strike · mystery · detective