How long does it take to read The Sword of the Lictor?
The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe takes about 5 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of The Book of the New Sun
Previous: The Claw of the Conciliator Next: The Citadel of the Autarch
About 5 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 302 pages, about 83,050 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 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Science fiction
