How long does it take to read A World Lit Only by Fire?
A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester takes about 5 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 318 pages, about 87,450 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
William Manchester's A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization's rebirth after the Dark Ages.
Subjects: Renaissance, Learning and scholarship, History, History (Europe), Middle ages, history, end of the middle ages
