How long does it take to read The Hammer of Thor?
The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
Previous: The Sword of Summer Next: Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds
About 8 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2016. 480 pages, about 132,000 words. Written for children.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?" It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can. As a son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus doesn't exactly fit in with the rest of Odin's chosen warriors, but he has a few good peeps among his hallmates on floor nineteen, and he's been dutifully training for Ragnarok along with everyone else. His days have settled into a new kind of normal. But Magnus should have known there's no such thing as normal in the Nine Worlds. His friends Hearthstone and Blitzen have disappeared. A new hallmate is creating chaos. According to a very nervous goat, a certain object belonging to Thor is still missing, and the thunder god's enemies will stop at nothing to gain control of it. Time to summon Jack, the Sword of Summer, and take action. Too bad the only action Jack seems to be interested in is dates with other magical weapons. . .
Subjects: Viking legends, adventure, LGBTQ young adult, Stonewall Book Awards, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction
