How long does it take to read KGB?
Christopher Andrew, Oleg Gordievsky
KGB by Christopher Andrew, Oleg Gordievsky takes about 15 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 15 minutes
A long haul
First published 1991. 832 pages, about 228,800 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: URSS, Espionnage - URSS - Histoire, Intelligence service, History, Histoire, Service des renseignements
