Reading time
How long does it take to read Toll the Hounds?
Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson is about 1280 pages, so it takes about 22½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 45 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
22 h 25 min
Toll the Hounds · Steven Erikson · first published 2008
- Pages
- 1280
- 30 min a day
- 45 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 29 h 38 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 22 h 25 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 17 h 47 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 13 h 20 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 90 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 45 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 30 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 23 days |
Page count: median of 11 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#8 in Malazan Book of the Fallen
Next in the series: Dust of Dreams (2009, 1083 pages)
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Toll the Hounds: reading time questions
- How many pages is Toll the Hounds?
- Toll the Hounds is about 1280 pages. That is the median across the 11 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Toll the Hounds?
- About 22 h 25 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 17 h 47 min.
- How many days to read Toll the Hounds at 30 minutes a day?
- About 45 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 90 days, and at an hour a day about 23 days.
- What number is Toll the Hounds in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series?
- Toll the Hounds is book 8 in Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson.