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How long does it take to read The Sword of Shannara Trilogy?

Terry Brooks

The Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks takes about 22 hours to read at 250 words a minute.

About 22 hours

A long haul

First published 1976. 1,200 pages, about 330,000 words.

44 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 36 hours 40 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 22 hours
Fast, 400 words a minute 13 hours 45 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Shannara (Imaginary place), Non-English Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic

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