How long does it take to read Data and Goliath?
Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier takes about 7 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2015. 392 pages, about 107,800 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A primarily U.S.-centric view of the who, what and why of massive data surveillance at the time of the book's publication (2015).
Subjects: privacy, National Security Agency, signal intelligence, Internet, data surveillance, security
