How long does it take to read Square and the Tower?
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson takes about 10 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2017. 563 pages, about 154,825 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A "recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a struggle between old power hierarchies and new social networks"--Dust jacket.
Subjects: HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social networks, History, Civilization, history, Power (social sciences)
