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How long does it take to read Wizard's First Rule?

Terry Goodkind

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind takes about 10 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 1 of The Sword of Truth

Next: Stone of Tears

About 10 hours 55 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1994. 595 pages, about 163,625 words.

22 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 18 hours 11 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 10 hours 55 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 49 minutes

The page count is the median across 51 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Richard Cypher's father was brutally murdered a month ago, in his home with his guts ripped out of his stomach. While coping with this sudden loss, Richard saves Kahlan Amnell from four mercenaries, and with the help of Richard's friend Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander the three flee to the midlands to stop Darken Rahl's ever expanding empire. Secrets will be revealed, many will perish, and the legends begins.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • sexual content
  • abuse

How these are chosen

Subjects: Fiction, Wizards, Wizards in fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Richard Rahl (Fictitious character)

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