How long does it take to read Just Mercy?
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1600. 352 pages, about 96,800 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Just Mercy is a memoir by Bryan Stevenson, an American lawyer who recounts three decades spent representing poor and marginalized clients. It examines unfairness in the American criminal justice system, which held more prisoners than any other country when the book appeared. Stevenson begins with a death-row visit he made as a student intern in Georgia. The central thread follows Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to die in Alabama for killing a young woman, largely on a police informant's word. Alternating chapters turn to other clients, including juveniles given life terms, and to abuses by police, judges and prosecutors.
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Subjects: Autobiographies, Biography, Biographies, Equal Justice Initiative, lawyers, social reformers
