How long does it take to read Guns, Germs, and Steel?
The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond takes about 9 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 41 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 528 pages, about 145,200 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 61 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question.
Subjects: Ethnology, Criticism and interpretation, Culture diffusion, Effect of environment on, Civilization, Human beings
