How long does it take to read The Bridge on the River Kwai?
The Bridge on the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1952. 221 pages, about 60,775 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 95 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Burma, Siam Railroad, Motion picture plays, Burma-Siam Railroad, French fiction
