How long does it take to read Humpty Dumpty in Oakland?
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland by Philip K. Dick takes about 4 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 255 pages, about 70,125 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1950s San Francisco, elderly garage owner Jim Ferguson prepares to retire and sell his business, but when he is offered the deal of a lifetime by record-company owner Chris Harman, Al Miller, one of Jim's mechanics who thinks that Harman is a crook, sets out to protect his mentor.
Subjects: Self-deception, Fiction, Oakland (calif.), fiction, Fiction, general, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Fiction, psychological
