How long does it take to read Charlie Wilson's War?
The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
George Crile III
Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile III takes about 10 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2003. 550 pages, about 151,250 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An Historical account of the covert operations against the Soviet invasion of Afganistan in 1980's.
Subjects: Drug traffic, Conspiracies, Fiction, United States Secret service, American Military assistance, History
