How Long Does It Take to Read Six of Crows?
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (2015) runs about 150,000 words — roughly 465 pages in a standard paperback. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that is 10 hours and 30 minutes of reading. The tables below break it down by pace and by daily reading sessions, and you can calculate reading time for any book or test how well you know this one with the Six of Crows book quiz.
Reading time by speed
| Reading pace | Time to finish Six of Crows |
|---|---|
| Slow (150 wpm) | 16 hours and 40 minutes |
| Average (238 wpm) | 10 hours and 30 minutes |
| Fast (350 wpm) | 7 hours and 9 minutes |
| Speed reader (450 wpm) | 5 hours and 33 minutes |
Reading in daily sessions
Prefer a nightly page goal? Here is how long the book lasts as a daily habit:
| Session length | Days to finish |
|---|---|
| 15 minutes per day | 43 days |
| 30 minutes per day | 22 days |
| 60 minutes per day | 11 days |
Where the numbers come from
The average adult reads 238 words per minute for non-fiction and around 238–300 wpm for easy fiction, according to Marc Brysbaert’s 2019 meta-analysis of 190 reading-rate studies — the number most reading-time tools use. Six of Crows’s word count (150,000) is an estimate for a standard text or translation; translations and editions vary, so treat both word and page counts as planning figures. For a custom edition or your own pace, the reading time calculator does the math for any word count.
Is Six of Crows hard to read?
Moderate - fast, cinematic modern prose; the six rotating viewpoints ask you to keep score, and the content (violence, trafficking, addiction) is adult-leaning YA.
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A realistic pace plan for Six of Crows
Numbers help, but habits finish books. At 30 minutes a day — one coffee break or one commute — you are done in 22 days. Prefer the one-sitting test? You would need about 10 hours and 30 minutes in a single stretch, which most readers split over a weekend. And if you read 46 pages a night, the book lasts roughly 11 nights — the point is that a 465-page classic shrinks fast once the session is fixed. Readers who finish long books almost never “find time”; they pick the session size first and let the days accumulate.
Your pace may vary from chapter to chapter, especially when the language or ideas are unfamiliar. Leave a little room in your plan for slower passages. When you turn the last page, the Six of Crows book quiz is a quick way to see how much stayed with you.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to read Six of Crows?
At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, Six of Crows takes about 10 hours and 30 minutes. At a fast 350 wpm it is 7 hours and 9 minutes; a slow, careful 150 wpm reader needs about 16 hours and 40 minutes.
How many pages is Six of Crows?
About 465 pages in a standard paperback edition — editions vary, so treat it as a close estimate.
How many words is Six of Crows?
Approximately 150,000 words, the figure used for every calculation on this page.
Is Six of Crows hard to read?
Moderate - fast, cinematic modern prose; the six rotating viewpoints ask you to keep score, and the content (violence, trafficking, addiction) is adult-leaning YA.
Is Six of Crows worth the time?
Kaz Brekker - gloves, cane, and the most dangerous reputation in Ketterdam's criminal Barrel - is offered the heist of a lifetime: break into the Ice Court, Fjerda's unbreakable fortress, and steal the man who invented jurda parem before the drug burns the world down. If that sounds like your kind of book, 10 hours and 30 minutes is a reasonable price for one of the most-read titles in its genre — and the quiz linked above tells you whether an earlier read already stuck.
What reading level is Six of Crows?
About Grades 9-12, typically read by ages 14+. The suggested age is a guide; reading experience varies from person to person.
How long other classics take
Every title on the shelf is timed the same way in how long to read: 133 classics, timed — from Animal Farm’s single afternoon to War and Peace’s two-week campaign. For scale, Six of Crows is the 26th longest of the 133 classics timed here — shorter than Ready Player One but longer than Eclipse.
Planning a whole-author project? The Leigh Bardugo books in order guide lists the full shelf in reading order.