How long does it take to read The Woman Who Rides Like a Man?
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of The Song of the Lioness
Previous: In the Hand of the Goddess Next: Lioness Rampant
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 256 pages, about 70,400 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On her first tour as a knight errant, Alanna assumes a position of influence with a fierce desert tribe, makes some changes in the role of women in the society, and continues her own emotional development. "Let her prove herself worthy as a man." Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death -- either she will be killed or she will be inducted into the tribe. Although she triumphs, dire challenges lie ahead. As her mythic fate would have it, Alanna soon becomes the tribe's first female shaman -- despite the desert dwellers' grave fear of the foreign woman warrior. Alanna must fight to change the ancient tribal customs of the desert tribes -- for their sake and for the sake of all Tortall. Alanna's journey continues...
Subjects: Fiction, Song of the Lioness, Tortall, Knights and knighthood, Sex role, Juvenile fiction
