How long does it take to read A History of the Twentieth Century?
A History of the Twentieth Century by Martin Gilbert takes about 15 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 15 minutes
A long haul
First published 1997. 832 pages, about 228,800 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Modern History, Wereldgeschiedenis, World history, Twentieth century, Military and warfare
