How long does it take to read Words of Radiance?
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson takes about 19 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Stormlight Archive
Previous: The Way of Kings Next: Edgedancer
About 19 hours 57 minutes
A long haul
First published 2012. 1,088 pages, about 299,200 words.
40 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 33 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 19 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 12 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Words of Radiance, the second epic fantasy novel in The Stormlight Archive, is set amid the Alethi war with the Parshendi, a conflict shaken by Szeth's assassination of King Gavilar Kholin. His daughter Jasnah investigates the Parshendi's history and the strange realm of Shadesmar, while Shallan Davar journeys with her toward the Shattered Plains. There, Dalinar Kholin tries to unite the quarrelling highprinces and restore the Knights Radiant. Kaladin, a darkeyed former bridgeman, becomes a bodyguard to House Kholin, struggling with his hatred of lighteyes as he learns to master the powers of a Windrunner.
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Subjects: Imaginary wars and battles, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, high fantasy, epic fantasy, Magic
