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Death's End

by Cixin Liu

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Death's End, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
600
Reading time
≈ 10 h 50 min
Checkpoints
23
Genre
Fiction
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How long does it take to read Death's End?

At 600 pages, Death's End is a long book. Expect about 10 hours 50 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 22 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 9 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day22 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)9 days

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

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 23 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 26
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 52
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 78
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 104
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 130
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 157
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 183
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 209
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 235
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 261
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 287
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 313
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 339
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 365
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 391
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 417
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 443
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 470
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 496
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 522
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 548
  22. Checkpoint 22, page 574
  23. Checkpoint 23, page 600

In Vread, Death's End is split into 23 checkpoints, one every 26 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 23 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 1/23pp. 1–26

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 Death's End: 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 Death's End?
The edition listed on Vread has 600 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read Death's End?
About 10 hours 50 minutes of reading, or 22 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on Death's End?
Yes: the Vread app has 23 reading questions on Death's End, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of Death's End?
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.

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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).