Book · Fantasy and science fiction
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Lord of the Rings, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 1,200
- Reading time
- ≈ 21 h 40 min
- Checkpoints
- 56
- Genre
- Fantasy, SF
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read The Lord of the Rings?
At 1,200 pages, The Lord of the Rings is a doorstopper. Expect about 21 hours 40 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 44 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 17 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).
- 30 minutes a day44 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)17 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 56 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 21
- Checkpoint 2, page 43
- Checkpoint 3, page 64
- Checkpoint 4, page 86
- Checkpoint 5, page 107
- Checkpoint 6, page 129
- Checkpoint 7, page 150
- Checkpoint 8, page 171
- Checkpoint 9, page 193
- Checkpoint 10, page 214
- Checkpoint 11, page 236
- Checkpoint 12, page 257
- Checkpoint 13, page 279
- Checkpoint 14, page 300
- Checkpoint 15, page 321
- Checkpoint 16, page 343
- Checkpoint 17, page 364
- Checkpoint 18, page 386
- Checkpoint 19, page 407
- Checkpoint 20, page 429
- Checkpoint 21, page 450
- Checkpoint 22, page 471
- Checkpoint 23, page 493
- Checkpoint 24, page 514
- Checkpoint 25, page 536
- Checkpoint 26, page 557
- Checkpoint 27, page 579
- Checkpoint 28, page 600
- Checkpoint 29, page 621
- Checkpoint 30, page 643
- Checkpoint 31, page 664
- Checkpoint 32, page 686
- Checkpoint 33, page 707
- Checkpoint 34, page 729
- Checkpoint 35, page 750
- Checkpoint 36, page 771
- Checkpoint 37, page 793
- Checkpoint 38, page 814
- Checkpoint 39, page 836
- Checkpoint 40, page 857
- Checkpoint 41, page 879
- Checkpoint 42, page 900
- Checkpoint 43, page 921
- Checkpoint 44, page 943
- Checkpoint 45, page 964
- Checkpoint 46, page 986
- Checkpoint 47, page 1007
- Checkpoint 48, page 1029
- Checkpoint 49, page 1050
- Checkpoint 50, page 1071
- Checkpoint 51, page 1093
- Checkpoint 52, page 1114
- Checkpoint 53, page 1136
- Checkpoint 54, page 1157
- Checkpoint 55, page 1179
- Checkpoint 56, page 1200
In Vread, The Lord of the Rings is split into 56 checkpoints, one every 21 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 56 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
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 Lord of the Rings: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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