How long does it take to read An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire?
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy takes about 3 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 200 pages, about 55,000 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collected speeches and essays.
Subjects: Political aspects, Globalization, World politics, Politics and government, Social aspects, Mass media
