How long does it take to read At Home?
At Home by Bill Bryson takes about 11 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 41 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2010. 637 pages, about 175,175 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At Home: A Short History of Private Life is a history of domestic life written by Bill Bryson. It was published in May 2010. The book covers topics of the commerce, architecture, technology and geography that have shaped homes into what they are today, told through a series of "tours" through Bryson's Norfolk rectory that quickly digress into the history of each particular room.
Subjects: cosmetics, history of cotton, spinning jenny, corsets, Victorian fashion, nurseries
