How long does it take to read The Darwin Awards?
Wendy Northcutt
The Darwin Awards by Wendy Northcutt takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A satirical "award" celebrating the worst examples of human intelligence features stories about the man who used a cigarette lighter to check his gas level, the terrorist who opened his own letter bomb, and other stories of human idocy.
Subjects: Etnografi, Humor, Folkemindeforskning, Anecdotes, Accident victims, Stupidity
