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How long does it take to read The Big U?

Neal Stephenson

The Big U by Neal Stephenson takes about 5 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 39 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1984. 308 pages, about 84,700 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 25 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 39 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 32 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: College students, Fiction, Terrorism, Fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Terrorism, fiction

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