How long does it take to read Swamp Man?
Swamp Man by Donald Goines takes about 4 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours
A weekend read
First published 1974. 218 pages, about 59,950 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Crime, African Americans, African American authors, Fiction
