How long does it take to read Hiroshima?
Hiroshima by John Hersey takes about 2 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 12 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1702. 120 pages, about 33,000 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 104 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast.
Subjects: Kernwapens, Atomic bomb, Blast effect, History, Überlebender, Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima
