How long does it take to read Seabiscuit?
An American legend
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand takes about 8 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 18 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 453 pages, about 124,575 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.
Subjects: Race horses, Horse racing, Seabiscuit (Race horse), Biography, History, Geschichte
