Chain Reaction
At your speed≈ 8½ hrs
Pages416
Audiobook≈ 14 hrs
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
416 pages works out to roughly 125,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8½ hrs — a weekend's reading.
Only 4 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way.
No Worth-it score yet. Too new to score — fewer than 10 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far. How the score works →
How long does it take to read Chain Reaction?
Chain Reaction is 416 pages, or roughly 125,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 12 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 8½ hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 5 hrs |
Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 14 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Chain Reaction?
- About 8½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Chain Reaction runs 416 pages, roughly 125,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 12 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
- How many pages is Chain Reaction?
- 416 pages, which is about 125,000 words and 8½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
- Is Chain Reaction worth reading?
- Only 4 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 416 pages and about 8½ hrs of your time, or 5 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the Chain Reaction audiobook?
- About 14 hrs, estimated from the 125,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
Jack Reacher is hard to find. It's not easy to track him down. And he likes it that way. But General Susan Turner, based deep inside the Pentagon, has the means and the motive. She needs his help. A member of her team has been brutally murdered on covert duty. She can’t trust anyone she works with, not even her deputy.…
She needs someone from the outside. Someone who solves problems and disappears without a trace. Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado. A town as remote and bizarre as it gets. One diner, one motel, five massive data centers, two giant solar farms humming away in the dust. Total population: four people. And one of them is watching him. But Reacher isn’t built to run. He’s built to finish things. General Turner knows that if they come for Reacher, they’ll regret it—all the way to the top of the chain.