How long does it take to read The Briar King?
The Briar King by Greg Keyes takes about 10 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
Next: The Charnel Prince
About 10 hours 7 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2003. 552 pages, about 151,800 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Two millennia after humans were freed from the tyranny of slavery, the Briar King, a legendary portent of death, reawakens, and the fate of the kingdom lies in the hands of the king's woodsman, a rebellious girl, and a new-made knight.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, general, Fantasy fiction
