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How long does it take to read How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse?

Cressida Cowell

How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse by Cressida Cowell takes about 4 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 4 of How to Train Your Dragon

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About 4 hours 33 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2006. 248 pages, about 68,200 words. Written for children.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 35 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 33 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Reluctant hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his best friend, Fishlegs, from the deadly disease Vorpentitis. The only cure is rare and almost impossible to find ... a potato. But where will Hiccup find such a thing?

Subjects: Vikings, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Dragons, Fantasy, Children's fiction

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