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Book · Romance

Nightfall

by Penelope Douglas

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

Pages
450
Reading time
≈ 8 h 10 min
Checkpoints
21
Genre
Romance

Free on iPhone and Android.

How long does it take to read Nightfall?

At 450 pages, Nightfall is a fairly long book. Expect about 8 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 17 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 7 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).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day17 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)7 days

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

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 21 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 21
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 43
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 64
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 86
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 107
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 129
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 150
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 171
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 193
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 214
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 236
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 257
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 279
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 300
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 321
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 343
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 364
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 386
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 407
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 429
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 450

In Vread, Nightfall is split into 21 checkpoints, one every 21 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 21 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 1/21pp. 1–21

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 Nightfall: 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 Nightfall?
The edition listed on Vread has 450 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read Nightfall?
About 8 hours 10 minutes of reading, or 17 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on Nightfall?
Yes: the Vread app has 21 reading questions on Nightfall, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of Nightfall?
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.

Read Nightfall 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).