How long does it take to read The Autobiography of Malcolm X?
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, Malcolm X takes about 8 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 28 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1965. 462 pages, about 127,050 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 70 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Autobiography of Malcolm X recounts the life of Malcolm Little, who becomes a Muslim minister and human rights activist, as told to journalist Alex Haley through a long series of interviews. Starting before his birth, it follows his childhood in Nebraska and Michigan, his father's questionable death, his mother's declining mental health, and his young adulthood in Boston and New York, where he gets drawn into organized crime. Structured as a religious conversion narrative, the book sets out his thinking on Black pride, Black nationalism, and pan-Africanism.
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Subjects: Mahometanos negros, Black Muslims, Afro-Americans, Afronorteamericanos, African Americans, Biography
