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How long does it take to read Night of Knives?

A Novel of the Melazan Empire

Ian C. Esslemont

Night of Knives by Ian C. Esslemont takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 34 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2007. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 17 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 29 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Shunted into the background of a great empire it once founded, the sleepy island city of Malaz frenetically prepares for a once-in-a-generation celestial event that has been foretold to be a precursor to the return of an ancient oppressive force.

Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, historical, Fiction, fantasy, general, Malaz (Imaginary place)

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