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Book 4 of The Inheritance Cycle · 2011

Inheritance

by Christopher Paolini. 849 pages, about 16 hours to read. Rated 3.7 out of 5 by 58 Open Library readers.

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How long to read Inheritance

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, Inheritance takes about 16 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 849 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)26 hours
200 words/min19 hours
250 words/min (average)16 hours
300 words/min13 hours
400 words/min (fast)9.7 hours

In the series

All 5 The Inheritance Cycle books in order

Fantasy · Dragons · Fiction · Magic · Imaginary places · Juvenile fiction