How long does it take to read God's Bits of Wood?
God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène takes about 6 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1960. 333 pages, about 91,575 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 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Strikes and lockouts, Railroads, History, French fiction, Africa, fiction
