How long does it take to read Segu?
Segu by Maryse Condé takes about 9 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1984. 493 pages, about 135,575 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, Africa, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
