How long does it take to read The Fire Next Time?
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin takes about 2 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 12 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1962. 120 pages, about 33,000 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 54 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
James Baldwin's non-fiction book gathers two essays, each written as a letter, that examine race in America. In the first, addressed to his teenage nephew, Baldwin considers how central race is to the country's past and warns the young man of America's power to crush Black men, urging him to turn his anger into a broad, passionate understanding of Black experience. The longer second essay explores race and religion, drawing on Baldwin's youth in the Christian church and on the Nation of Islam's teachings and appeal in Harlem.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Race relations, Black Muslims, African Americans, Afro-Americans, Muslims, Political activity
