How long does it take to read In the Balance?
An Alternate History of the Second World War (Worldwar, Volume 1)
In the Balance by Harry Turtledove takes about 9 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Worldwar
About 9 hours 53 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1994. 539 pages, about 148,225 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
War on earth erupted in every corner of the globe. Then the real enemy came. Inhuman invaders who were unstoppable, their technology far beyond our reach, their simple goal to claim Earth for the Empire. Here is a saga that covers all the Earth, and beyond, as mankind--in all its folly and glory--faces the ultimate threat; a turning point in history shows us a past that never was and a future that could yet come to be....From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Fiction, Science Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles, Fiction, science fiction, general
