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How long does it take to read The Runelords?

the sum of all men

David Farland

The Runelords by David Farland takes about 10 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 1 of The Runelords

Next: Brotherhood of the Wolf

About 10 hours 7 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1998. 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 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Young Prince Gaborn Val Orden of Mystarria is traveling in disguise on a journey to ask for the hand of the lovely Princess Iome of Sylvarresta when he and his warrior bodyguard spot a pair of assassins who have set their sights on the princess's father. The pair races to warn the king of the impending danger and realizes that more than the royal family is at risk--the very fate of the Earth is in jeopardy.

Subjects: Fiction, Princes, Princesses, Assassins, Romans, nouvelles, Fiction, fantasy, epic

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