How long does it take to read The Aeronaut's Windlass?
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher takes about 11 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The Cinder Spires
Next: The Olympian Affair
About 11 hours 33 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2015. 630 pages, about 173,250 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity. Within their halls, the ruling aristocratic houses develop scientific marvels, foster trade alliances, and maintain fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship Predator. Loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy’s shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is damaged in combat, Grimm joins a team of Albion agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring his ship. And as Grimm undertakes this task, he learns that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity’s ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake...
Subjects: Fiction, Ship captains, Fantasy, Air warfare, Airships, Fiction, science fiction, steampunk
