How long does it take to read One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This?
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad takes about 3 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2025. 187 pages, about 51,425 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.