Book · Thrillers and mysteries
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1)
by James S. A. Corey
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1), and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 561
- Reading time
- ≈ 10 h 10 min
- Checkpoints
- 33
- Genre
- Thriller
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1)?
At 561 pages, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1) is a long book. Expect about 10 hours 10 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 21 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 8 reading days. For a book of this length (400 to 599 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 5.3 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day21 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)8 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 33 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 17
- Checkpoint 2, page 34
- Checkpoint 3, page 51
- Checkpoint 4, page 68
- Checkpoint 5, page 85
- Checkpoint 6, page 102
- Checkpoint 7, page 119
- Checkpoint 8, page 136
- Checkpoint 9, page 153
- Checkpoint 10, page 170
- Checkpoint 11, page 187
- Checkpoint 12, page 204
- Checkpoint 13, page 221
- Checkpoint 14, page 238
- Checkpoint 15, page 255
- Checkpoint 16, page 272
- Checkpoint 17, page 289
- Checkpoint 18, page 306
- Checkpoint 19, page 323
- Checkpoint 20, page 340
- Checkpoint 21, page 357
- Checkpoint 22, page 374
- Checkpoint 23, page 391
- Checkpoint 24, page 408
- Checkpoint 25, page 425
- Checkpoint 26, page 442
- Checkpoint 27, page 459
- Checkpoint 28, page 476
- Checkpoint 29, page 493
- Checkpoint 30, page 510
- Checkpoint 31, page 527
- Checkpoint 32, page 544
- Checkpoint 33, page 561
In Vread, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1) is split into 33 checkpoints, one every 17 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 33 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
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 Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1): to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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