about 127,000words
- Pages
- 384paperback, Orbit, 2022
- Reading time
- 8 h 28 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 13 h 39 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1996
Book 3 of 5 in The Witcher
Compared with other books
Longer than 61% of the other 366 books here.
Where the numbers come from
Sources differ; this is the best-supported figure. Sources give 123,000 to 127,000 words.
- kobo.comword count
- hachettebookgroup.compages of this edition · ISBN 9780316452861
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Baptism of Fire?
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski has about 127,000 words.
How many pages is Baptism of Fire?
384 pages in the paperback, Orbit, 2022 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Baptism of Fire?
About 8 h 28 min at 250 words a minute, or 13 h 39 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.

