How long does it take to read Burr?
a novel
Burr by Gore Vidal takes about 9 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1973. 527 pages, about 144,925 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At the end of his life Aaron Burr dictates his biography from the Revolutionary War to his treason trial.
Subjects: the American revolution, historical fiction, party politics, scandal, Fiction, Vice-Presidents
