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How long does it take to read The Long Emergency?

James Howard Kunstler

The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 52 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2005. 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 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Climate and civilization, Social aspects of Petroleum as fuel, Social aspects, Petroleum industry and trade, Social aspects of Fossil fuels, Petroleum as fuel

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