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How long does it take to read Survival of the Sickest?

Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince

Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince takes about 5 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 26 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2007. 296 pages, about 81,400 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 3 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 26 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 24 minutes

The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Hemochromatosis, bloodletting, Diabetes, climate change, brown fat, vitamin D

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