How long does it take to read The Boys of Summer?
Roger Kahn
The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn takes about 8 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1972. 445 pages, about 122,375 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A ... narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, working for the Herald Tribune in the Jackie Robinson years ... and what's happened to everybody since."
Subjects: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team), Baseball, History, Sportswriters, Biography, Brooklyn Dodgers (Club de base-ball)
