
How long does it take to read A Game of Thrones?
by George R.R. Martin
14h 18m
214,500 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 4 weeks.
That is 29 sessions with A Game of Thrones.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 3 weeks.
This estimate uses a representative 780-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is A Game of Thrones?
A Game of Thrones is about 214,500 words, estimated from its 780 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 14 hours 18 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 A Game of Thrones?
- Catalog page count
- 780
- Edition ISBN
- 9780553897845
- Author
- George R.R. Martin
- Series
- A Song of Ice and Fire, 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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