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Book 1 of How to Train Your Dragon · 2003

How to Train Your Dragon

by Cressida Cowell. 223 pages, about 4.1 hours to read. Rated 4.1 out of 5 by 29 Open Library readers.

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How long to read How to Train Your Dragon

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, How to Train Your Dragon takes about 4.1 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 223 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)6.8 hours
200 words/min5.1 hours
250 words/min (average)4.1 hours
300 words/min3.4 hours
400 words/min (fast)2.6 hours

In the series

All 12 How to Train Your Dragon books in order

Humorous stories · Vikings · Juvenile fiction · Dragons · Humorous fiction · Fiction