How long does it take to read The Pelican Brief?
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham takes about 7 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 407 pages, about 111,925 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 82 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham, published in 1992 by Doubleday. It is his third novel after A Time to Kill and The Firm.
Subjects: White House Chief of Staff, Central Intelligence Agency, law firms, legal briefs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, car bombs
