
How long does it take to read The Fellowship of the Ring?
by J.R.R. Tolkien
7h 45m
116,325 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 2 weeks.
That is 16 sessions with The Fellowship of the Ring.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 11 days.
This estimate uses a representative 423-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is The Fellowship of the Ring?
The Fellowship of the Ring is about 116,325 words, estimated from its 423 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 7 hours 45 minutes.
We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.
How many pages is The Fellowship of the Ring?
- Catalog page count
- 423
- Edition ISBN
- 9780395489314
- Author
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Series
- The Lord of the Rings, book 1
- Genre
- fantasy, paranormal
These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.
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