How long does it take to read JR?
JR by William Gaddis takes about 13 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 18 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1975. 725 pages, about 199,375 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A humorous take on the American dream as JR, an eleven-year-old boy, uses his newfound knowledge of business and the stock market to build a huge and exploitive business empire.
Subjects: Fiction, Boys, Capitalists and financiers, Free enterprise, National Book Award Winner, Fiction, general
