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How long does it take to read The Claw of the Conciliator?

Gene Wolfe

The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe takes about 5 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of The Book of the New Sun

Previous: The Shadow of the Torturer Next: The Sword of the Lictor

About 5 hours 33 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1981. 303 pages, about 83,325 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 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 33 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 28 minutes

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

Subjects: Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general

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