The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien has 181 962 words, so the average reader would take 12 hours 8 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read The Fellowship of the Ring? Read a paragraph from The Fellowship of the Ring below to find out!
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