How long does it take to read The Greatest Salesman in the World?
The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino takes about 2 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 2 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 111 pages, about 30,525 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 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Og Mandino's 1968 book presents a philosophy of salesmanship and success through the figure of Hafid, a camel boy living in poverty. It works partly as a practical guide, arguing that good habits underpin every achievement while bad habits lead to failure. Its later chapters are ten scrolls, and the author directs readers to take them in order, going through the first scroll three times daily for a month before moving on to the next. Following that plan through all ten scrolls would occupy roughly ten months.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Success, Fiction, Success in fiction, Jesus Christ in fiction, Nativity, Selling
