How long does it take to read Lying?
Moral Choice in Public and Private Life
Sissela Bok
Lying by Sissela Bok takes about 5 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 326 pages, about 89,650 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Examines the moral questions of lying, whether it is ever justifiable and the consequences of such lies both in public and private life.
Subjects: Truthfulness and falsehood, Deception, Morals, Waarheid, Guilt, Liegen