How long does it take to read Made in America?
Made in America by Bill Bryson takes about 7 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 417 pages, about 114,675 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture. In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.
Subjects: History, Americanisms, Social life and customs, Humor (Nonfiction), Nonfiction, Travel
