How long does it take to read The Big Short?
inside the doomsday machine
Michael Lewis, Francisco José Ramos Mena
The Big Short by Michael Lewis, Francisco José Ramos Mena takes about 5 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 291 pages, about 80,025 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Economic conditions, Financial crises, History, Finance, Nonfiction, Economic Recession
