How long does it take to read City?
A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
City by David Macaulay takes about 2 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 3 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1974. 112 pages, about 30,800 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Building, Civil engineering, Antiquities, City planning, Literatura juvenil, Ingeniería civil
