How long does it take to read Hitler?
Joachim Fest
Hitler by Joachim Fest takes about 18 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 18 hours 45 minutes
A long haul
First published 1973. 1,023 pages, about 281,325 words.
38 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 31 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 18 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Presents a biography of German leader Adolph Hitler, presenting him as a basically hollow individual who was elevated by the circumstances of history, and looking at how the collapse of order, anxieties of the age, and a climate of change allowed him to seize control of Germany.
Subjects: Heads of state, Biography
