How long does it take to read Armageddon?
a novel of Berlin
Armageddon by Leon Uris takes about 11 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1964. 608 pages, about 167,200 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In Berlin at the end of World War II, an American Army officer bears witness to the aftermath of one historic tragedy and the rise of another. Captain Sean O'Sullivan distinguishes himself as a courageous soldier in the closing days of World War II, but what comes next tests his deepest reserves of strength and conviction. Sent to oversee the rebuilding of Berlin, O'Sullivan is exposed to the horrific truths of the Holocaust, a shattered and defeated society, and the new threat of Soviet power as the Iron Curtain begins to shadow the city. When Soviet forces blockade Berlin and the airlift begins, O'Sullivan is faced with profound moral dilemmas in an increasingly complicated world. Armageddon is one of the great fictional portrayals of Europe in the earliest days of the Cold War. "Magnificent. The great drama of the Berlin airlift . . ." -The Columbus Dispatch "A vast panorama of people and places . . . dramatic moment after dramatic moment in a throbbing tempo." -New York Herald Tribune
Subjects: History, Fiction, World War II, Iron Curtain, After WW II, Berlin
