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How long does it take to read Algorithms?

Robert Sedgewick

Algorithms by Robert Sedgewick takes about 17 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 17 hours 31 minutes

A long haul

First published 2011. 955 pages, about 262,625 words.

36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 29 hours 11 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 17 hours 31 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 10 hours 57 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Computer algorithms, Algorithms, Computer programming

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