How long does it take to read Forty-two Years in the White House?
Irwin Hood Hoover
Forty-two Years in the White House by Irwin Hood Hoover takes about 6 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1934. 332 pages, about 91,300 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Ten presidents from Benjamin Harris on to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Subjects: Biography, Presidents, Washington, D.C., White House (Washington, D.C.), Presidents, united states