How long does it take to read The British Are Coming?
The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777
The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson takes about 14 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2019. 800 pages, about 220,000 words.
30 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History, Campaigns, Military campaigns
