384,265words
- Pages
- 1,280mass market, Tor Fantasy, 2011
- Reading time
- 25 h 37 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 41 h 19 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 2010
Book 1 of 5 in The Stormlight Archive
Compared with other books
Longer than 95% of the other 366 books here.
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 383,124 to 386,470 words.
- coppermind.netword count
- arbookfind.comword count
- docs.google.comword count
- theoryland.comword count
- us.macmillan.compages of this edition · ISBN 9780765365279
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Way of Kings?
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson has 384,265 words.
How many pages is The Way of Kings?
1,280 pages in the mass market, Tor Fantasy, 2011 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Way of Kings?
About 25 h 37 min at 250 words a minute, or 41 h 19 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.