How long does it take to read The 900 Days?
Harrison E. Salisbury
The 900 Days by Harrison E. Salisbury takes about 11 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1969. 635 pages, about 174,625 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author chronicles the siege of Leningrad and describes the suffering of its people and exposes the role of Stalin's political police throughout the war and the endless blunders of the military. Included are events leading up to the siege and the "Leningrad Affair" which occurred three years later. Some of the data comes from Russian documents only recently made available.--from the publisher.
Subjects: History
