How long does it take to read An Edible History of Humanity?
An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage takes about 4 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 56 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 269 pages, about 73,975 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A book putting a complex history of the world into a simple book. It is easy to read and the analogies make history extremely easy to learn and follow for everyday people.
Subjects: History, Food, Symbolic aspects of Food, Agriculture, Food habits, Symbolic aspects
