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The Book That Wouldn't Burn

by Mark Lawrence

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Book That Wouldn't Burn, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
723
Reading time
≈ 13 h 10 min
Checkpoints
20
Genre
Thriller
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How long does it take to read The Book That Wouldn't Burn?

At 723 pages, The Book That Wouldn't Burn is a doorstopper. Expect about 13 hours 10 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.

At 30 minutes a day, that is about 27 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 11 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day27 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)11 days

Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 20 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 36
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 72
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 108
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 145
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 181
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 217
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 253
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 289
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 325
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 362
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 398
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 434
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 470
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 506
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 542
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 578
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 615
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 651
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 687
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 723

In Vread, The Book That Wouldn't Burn is split into 20 checkpoints, one every 36 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.

The challenge: validate all 20 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.

Also available in French on Vread.

Illustrative example

Checkpoint 1/20pp. 1–36

What a checkpoint looks like

A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.

The answer is in the text: reply in the app.

This is not a question from The Book That Wouldn't Burn: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.

Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.

Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions

How many pages is The Book That Wouldn't Burn?
The edition listed on Vread has 723 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read The Book That Wouldn't Burn?
About 13 hours 10 minutes of reading, or 27 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on The Book That Wouldn't Burn?
Yes: the Vread app has 20 reading questions on The Book That Wouldn't Burn, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of The Book That Wouldn't Burn?
Vread does not publish summaries: the app supports reading the book itself, part by part. Checkpoint questions cover what you have just read, which makes them a good way to check you did not miss anything.

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Written by Vread from its catalogue data (page count of the listed edition, checkpoints, ratings aggregated from 10 ratings). No summary or publisher text is reproduced. Reading times are estimates; see the method in the Vread Reading Barometer (in French).