How long does it take to read The Librarian of Auschwitz?
Salva Rubio, Antonio Iturbe
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Salva Rubio, Antonio Iturbe takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2017. 288 pages, about 79,200 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Concentration camps, fiction, Books and reading, fiction, Germany, history, fiction
