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The Secrets We Hide

Karin Slaughter

At your speed≈ 8½ hrs

Pages416

Audiobook≈ 14 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

416 pages works out to roughly 125,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

10 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — enough for an early score, not yet a firm one.

Worth-it score 6.6/10 — Worth the time (early). Readers 6.8 (10 early ratings on Hardcover) − length 0.2 = 6.6. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Secrets We Hide?

The Secrets We Hide is 416 pages, or roughly 125,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Secrets We Hide at three reading speeds.
Your paceWords per minuteTime to finish
Slow17512 hrs
Average2508½ hrs
Fast4005 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 The Secrets We Hide?
About 8½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Secrets We Hide 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 The Secrets We Hide?
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 The Secrets We Hide worth reading?
On early ratings, we score it 6.6 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Only 10 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far, so the score leans on the library average and will move as more ratings arrive; at about 8½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.2 for its length.
How long is The Secrets We Hide 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

Featuring original music and an exclusive letter read by the author Following the #1 NYT release of We Are All Guilty Here, comes the next thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, and narrated once again by Kathleen Early… Welcome to North Falls.…

A small town with big secrets. 1601 Iris Drive looks like any other house on the quiet, residential street. But rumors are rampant about the Vickery family, and what goes on behind closed doors. When gunshots ring out, Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, discover a devastating crime scene. Allison Vickery has been murdered in her own kitchen, and her teenage daughter is bleeding upstairs, left for dead. Everyone thinks they know what happened. But secrets are buried everywhere in this small town. And it’s up to Emmy Clifton to uncover the truth…