How long does it take to read The Ball Is Round?
David Goldblatt
The Ball Is Round by David Goldblatt takes about 17 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 54 minutes
A long haul
First published 2006. 976 pages, about 268,400 words.
36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer's rise from chaotic folk ritual to the world's most popular sport-now poised to fully establish itself in the USA. Already celebrated internationally, The Ball Is Round illuminates soccer's role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses sight of the beauty, joy, and excitement of the game itself.
Subjects: Soccer players, Sports & Recreations, Nonfiction, Soccer, History, Soccer, history
