How long does it take to read Pale Rider?
Laura Spinney
Pale Rider by Laura Spinney takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2017. 352 pages, about 96,800 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
With a death toll between fifty and one hundred million people across the globe, the Spanish flu of 1918–1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. Drawing on the latest research in history, virology, epidemiology, psychology, and economics, Laura Spinney recounts the story of this overlooked pandemic.
Subjects: Epidemiology, Influenza, Communicable diseases, History, Epidemics
