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Threshing Day

Rebecca Yarros

At your speed≈ 4½ hrs

Pages224

Audiobook≈ 7½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

224 pages works out to roughly 67,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 4½ hrs — a day's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.25 out of 5, from 172 ratings.

Worth-it score 8.0/10 — Well worth the time. Readers 7.8 (Hardcover's 4.25★ from 172 ratings) + length 0.2 = 8.0. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Threshing Day?

Threshing Day is 224 pages, or roughly 67,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Threshing Day at three reading speeds.
Your paceWords per minuteTime to finish
Slow1756½ hrs
Average2504½ hrs
Fast4003 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 7½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Threshing Day?
About 4½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Threshing Day runs 224 pages, roughly 67,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 6½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3 hrs.
How many pages is Threshing Day?
224 pages, which is about 67,000 words and 4½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is Threshing Day worth reading?
We score it 8.0 out of 10 for the time it takes — well worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.25 out of 5 from 172 ratings, which counts for 7.8; at about 4½ hrs at an average pace it earns +0.2 for being short.
How long is the Threshing Day audiobook?
About 7½ hrs, estimated from the 67,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

Welcome to Threshing Day, the brutal, high-stakes trial where would-be riders at Basgiath War College fight to earn the bond of a dragon or die trying. Amid ruthless competition and dragon fire, these thirteen cadets must survive a battlefield where desperate rivals will do anything to gain an advantage and dragons decide one’s ultimate…

fate―and where a single choice can forge a rider…or destroy them. Xaden Riorson, the powerful leader. Rhiannon Matthias, the clever friend. Dain Aetos, the dutiful rule-follower. Liam Mairi, the kindhearted protector. Ridoc Gamlyn, the jokester. Sawyer Henrick, the underdog. Garrick Tavis, the dependable aide. Imogen Cardulo, the impulsive fighter. Bodhi Durran, the second-in-command. Mira Sorrengail, the fearless rider. Brennan Sorrengail, the brilliant tactician. Aaric Graycastle, the restless royal. Sloane Mairi, the determined sister.