How long does it take to read In Dubious Battle?
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck takes about 5 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1936. 323 pages, about 88,825 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 68 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jim Nolan finds himself in the middle of a strike by migrant laborers in California's apple country.
Subjects: Apple growers, Fiction, Labor movement, Migrant agricultural laborers, Strikes and lockouts, Agricultural laborers
