How long does it take to read The Man Who Fed the World?
Leon Hesser
The Man Who Fed the World by Leon Hesser takes about 4 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 263 pages, about 72,325 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
