The Battle of the 5+ Armies

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Zigûr

A quick calculation suggests that all three extended editions back to back would be about 8 hours and 50 minutes, while Rob Inglis' reading is 11 hours 8 minutes. So maybe a speedy read.

This site, however, suggests that a silent reading of the book is definitely faster than watching the non-extended editions, although this was approximating the length of the third film.

Note that that site's "winner" (shortest time to read vs watching) is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" which is a short story that was made into a feature... and "The Hobbit" is still in third place.