How long does it take to read Michelle Obama?
Peter Slevin
Michelle Obama by Peter Slevin takes about 7 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2015. 425 pages, about 116,875 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 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago's largely segregated South Side.
Subjects: Presidents' spouses, African American women lawyers, Biography, African American lawyers, Women lawyers, African American women
