How long does it take to read Defending Jacob?
William Landay
Defending Jacob by William Landay takes about 8 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 1 minute
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 437 pages, about 120,175 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. When a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. As the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own-- between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.
Subjects: Murder, Families, High school students, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Investigation
