How long does it take to read Seven Days in May?
Fletcher Knebel, Charles W. Bailey II
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel, Charles W. Bailey II takes about 6 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1962. 342 pages, about 94,050 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 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
“'Gentleman Jim' Scott was a brilliant, magnetic general. Like a lot of people, he believed the President was ruining the country. Unlike anyone else, he had the power to do something about it, something unprecedented and terrifying. Colonel 'Jiggs' Casey was the marine who accidentally stumbled onto the plot. At first he refused to believe it; then he risked his life and career to inform the President. Jordan Lyman was President of the United States. By the time he was finally able to convince himself of the appalling truth, he had only seven days left to stop a brilliant, seemingly irresistible military plot to seize control of te government of the United States.”
Subjects: Politics and government, Coups d'état, Conspiracies, Fiction, Political crimes and offenses, Thriller
