How long does it take to read The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge?
The New York Times
The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge by The New York Times takes about 25 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 25 hours 5 minutes
A long haul
First published 2011. 1,368 pages, about 376,200 words.
51 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 41 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 25 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 15 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
