How long does it take to read In the Garden of Beasts?
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson takes about 8 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 49 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2011. 481 pages, about 132,275 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
Subjects: Social conditions, Biography, Diplomats, Historians, National socialism, Politics and government
