How long does it take to read Homicide?
a year on the killing streets
Homicide by David Simon takes about 11 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1991. 608 pages, about 167,200 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and his remarkable book is both a compelling account of casework and an investigation into out culture of violence.
Subjects: Homicide investigation, Baltimore (Md.)., Nonfiction, True Crime, Baltimore (md.), history, Police, united states
