Skip to content
Cover of Body Double by Tess Gerritsen

Book · Thrillers and mysteries

Body Double

by Tess Gerritsen

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Body Double, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
354
Reading time
≈ 6 h 30 min
Checkpoints
10
Genre
Thriller
Take the challengeAlready have the app? Open the book

Free on iPhone and Android.

How long does it take to read Body Double?

At 354 pages, Body Double is a fairly long book. Expect about 6 hours 30 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.

At 30 minutes a day, that is about 13 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 5 reading days. For a book of this length (250 to 399 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4.7 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day13 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)5 days

Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 10 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 35
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 71
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 106
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 142
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 177
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 212
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 248
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 283
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 319
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 354

In Vread, Body Double is split into 10 checkpoints, one every 35 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.

The challenge: validate all 10 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.

Also available in French on Vread.

Illustrative example

Checkpoint 1/10pp. 1–35

What a checkpoint looks like

A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.

The answer is in the text: reply in the app.

This is not a question from Body Double: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.

Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.

Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions

How many pages is Body Double?
The edition listed on Vread has 354 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read Body Double?
About 6 hours 30 minutes of reading, or 13 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on Body Double?
Yes: the Vread app has 10 reading questions on Body Double, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of Body Double?
Vread does not publish summaries: the app supports reading the book itself, part by part. Checkpoint questions cover what you have just read, which makes them a good way to check you did not miss anything.

Similar books: thrillers and mysteries

All books: thrillers and mysteriesAll genres

Read Body Double with Vread

Add the book to your library, read at your own pace in whatever format you use, and validate each checkpoint. Vread is free on iPhone and Android.

Take the challenge

Written by Vread from its catalogue data (page count of the listed edition, checkpoints, ratings aggregated from 10 ratings). No summary or publisher text is reproduced. Reading times are estimates; see the method in the Vread Reading Barometer (in French).