How long does it take to read The Amulet of Samarkand?
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud takes about 8 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Bartimaeus Sequence
Next: The Golem's Eye
About 8 hours 28 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2003. 462 pages, about 127,050 words. Written for children.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
Subjects: Genies, Magic, Apprentices, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Wizards
