The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien has 137 966 words, so the average reader would take 9 hours 12 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read The Return of the King? Read a paragraph from The Return of the King below to find out!
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