ShelfLook
Tools About
Cover of Algorithms

How long does it take to read Algorithms?

Robert Sedgewick

Algorithms by Robert Sedgewick takes about 10 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 10 hours 6 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1983. 551 pages, about 151,525 words.

21 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 16 hours 50 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 10 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 19 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Computer algorithms, Electronic digital computers, Programming, Algorithms, Algorithmes, Algoritmen

More by Robert Sedgewick

Books like this

Popular books of similar length