How long does it take to read Aru Shah and the City of Gold?
Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Pandava Quintet
Previous: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes Next: Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality
About 8 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2021. 480 pages, about 132,000 words. Written for children.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Aru Shah and her sisters--including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter--must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out between the devas and asuras. Aru has just made a wish on the tree of wishes, but she can't remember what it was. She's pretty sure she didn't wish for a new sister, one who looks strangely familiar and claims to be the Sleeper's daughter, like her. Aru also isn't sure she still wants to fight on behalf of the devas in the war against the Sleeper and his demon army. The gods have been too devious up to now. Case in point: Kubera, ruler of the city of gold, promises to give the Pandavas two powerful weapons, but only if they win his trials. If they lose, they won't stand a chance against the Sleeper's troops, which will soon march on Lanka to take over the Otherworld. Aru's biggest question, though, is why every adult she has loved and trusted so far has failed her. Will she come to peace with what they've done before she has to wage the battle of her life?
Subjects: Kids, Tween, Children's fiction, Hindu Mithology, Supernatural, fiction, Demonology, fiction
