How long does it take to read Hitler, 1889-1936?
Hubris
Hitler, 1889-1936 by Ian Kershaw takes about 16 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 8 minutes
A long haul
First published 1998. 880 pages, about 242,000 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Ian Kershaw's HITLER allows us to come closer than ever before to a serious understanding of the man and of the catastrophic sequence of events which allowed a bizarre misfit to climb from a Viennese dosshouse to leadership of one of Europe's most sophisticated countries. With extraordinary skill and vividness, drawing on a huge range of sources, Kershaw recreates the world which first thwarted and then nurtured the young Hitler. As his seemingly pitiful fantasy of being Germany's saviour attracted more and more support, Kershaw brilliantly conveys why so many Germans adored Hitler, connived with him or felt powerless to resist him.
Subjects: Politics and government, Heads of state, Nonfiction, Antisemitism, Childhood and youth, Biography
