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How long does it take to read The Source of Magic?

Piers Anthony

The Source of Magic by Piers Anthony takes about 5 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of Xanth

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About 5 hours 59 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1979. 326 pages, about 89,650 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 58 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 59 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 44 minutes

The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Ordered by King Trent to determine the source of Xanth's magic, Bink and his companions were harried by an unseen enemy determined to thwart them. When even their protector turned against them, Blink still managed to reach his goal and carry out the King's orders...but the king did not expect Blink's next act--to destroy utterly the magic of Xanth!From the Paperback edition.

Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, Xanth (Imaginary place), Fantasy fiction, Xanth (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general

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