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How long does it take to read In Defense of Food?

Michael Pollan

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan takes about 4 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 28 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2008. 244 pages, about 67,100 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 27 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 28 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 48 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the que

Subjects: Nutrition, Food habits, Food, Research, Cooking & Food, Medical

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