How long does it take to read Lincoln?
Lincoln by Gore Vidal takes about 12 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 12 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1984. 665 pages, about 182,875 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An historical novel that describes the presidency of Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of several historical figures including presidential secretary John Hay. Secretary of State William H. Seward, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase, his daughter Kate Chase, U.S. Representative Elihu B. Washburne, and conspirators John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. It focuses on his political and personal struggles, not the Civil War.
Subjects: Fiction, historical, Fiction, political, Presidents, united states, fiction, Lincoln, Abraham, in fiction, Biographical fiction, Fiction
