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How long does it take to read The Brethren?

John Grisham

The Brethren by John Grisham takes about 8 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 7 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2000. 443 pages, about 121,825 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 32 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 7 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 51 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The "Brethren" are three disgraced former judges incarcerated at a fictional federal minimum security prison who embark on a scam to blackmail wealthy closeted gay men. Unfortunately, the judges ensnare a candidate for U.S. President backed by the CIA.

Subjects: Prisoners, Judges, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, thrillers, general, American Legal stories

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