How long does it take to read Philadelphia Fire?
Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman takes about 3 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1990. 199 pages, about 54,725 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: African Americans, Bombings, Fiction, Fires, MOVE (Organization), PEN/Faulkner Award Winner
