How long does it take to read The Great Ideas?
The Great Ideas by Mortimer J. Adler takes about 17 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 34 minutes
A long haul
First published 1952. 958 pages, about 263,450 words.
36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
xxxviii, 958 p. ; 25 cm
Subjects: Questions et réponses, Great books of the Western World, Literature, history and criticism
