How long does it take to read How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It?
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It by K. J. Parker takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Siege
Previous: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City Next: A Practical Guide to Conquering the World
About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2020. 400 pages, about 110,000 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
