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How long does it take to read Steelheart?

Brandon Sanderson

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson takes about 7 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 7 hours 38 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2001. 416 pages, about 114,400 words. Written for children.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 43 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 38 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 46 minutes

The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

There are no heroes, only villains. My father believed that a hero was going to step in, and he died for that belief. Steelheart killed him for seeing that he had a weakness, and no one knows I saw. Now I've spent years getting their weaknesses, and plotting my revenge.

Subjects: fantasy, young adult, urban, Guerrilla warfare, Science fiction, Juvenile fiction

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