about 38,000words
- Pages
- 240paperback, DAW Books, 2025
- Reading time
- 2 h 32 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 4 h 5 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 2023
Book of 2 in The Kingkiller Chronicle
Compared with other books
Longer than 5% of the other 366 books here.
Where the numbers come from
Sources differ; this is the best-supported figure. Sources give 38,000 to 40,000 words.
- kobo.comword count
- novelnotions.netword count
- astrapublishinghouse.compages of this edition · ISBN 9780756419226
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Narrow Road Between Desires?
The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss has about 38,000 words.
How many pages is The Narrow Road Between Desires?
240 pages in the paperback, DAW Books, 2025 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Narrow Road Between Desires?
About 2 h 32 min at 250 words a minute, or 4 h 5 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.