How long does it take to read Song for the Basilisk?
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip takes about 5 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 316 pages, about 86,900 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 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On discovering he is a prince a bard of lowly status sets out to reclaim his principality. As a child, Rook's family was killed in a massacre, from which he was the sole survivor and the shock caused him to lose his memory. Now his memory has returned and so have his magical powers.
Subjects: Orphans, Fiction, Music, Troubadours, Counterrevolutions, Fiction, fantasy, general
