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How long does it take to read The Citadel of the Autarch?

Gene Wolfe

The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe takes about 5 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 4 of The Book of the New Sun

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About 5 hours 49 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1982. 317 pages, about 87,175 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 41 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 49 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 38 minutes

The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Science fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general

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