How long does it take to read The Chosen?
The Chosen by Chaim Potok, Jonathan Davis takes about 5 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 284 pages, about 78,100 words. Written for young adults.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 68 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It's about two jewish boys from different jewish sects with very differing doctrine. The kids meet in the unlikely circumstance of a baseball game, and a terrible accident, that leads them to be lifelong friends
Subjects: Jewish families, Fiction, Jews, Fathers and sons, Friendship, Hasidism
