How long does it take to read I Beat the Odds?
From Homelessness, to the Blindsind and beyond
Michael Oher
I Beat the Odds by Michael Oher takes about 4 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 250 pages, about 68,750 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 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
250 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm1130L Lexile
Subjects: Football players, Football, University of Mississippi, Biography, Baltimore Ravens (Football team), Foster children