How long does it take to read Nickel and Dimed?
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author's experience holding low-wage jobs in three parts of the U.S. in the late 1990s.
Subjects: Immigrants, united states, Poor, Poverty, Working poor, Minimum wage, Unskilled labor
