About This Book
The opening novel of The Lord of the Rings—the greatest fantasy epic of all time—which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths are searching for a Hobbit. Frodo Baggins kno...
Reading Time Estimates
13h 33m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 45m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 58m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 146,300 words📅 20 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
9 hours 45 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
10 hours 50 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
16 hours 15 min
Audio 2x
8 hours 8 min
That's about:
- 📅20 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇20 commutes of 30 min each