How long does it take to read The Pencil?
a history of design and circumstance
The Pencil by Henry Petroski takes about 7 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 434 pages, about 119,350 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Pencils, History, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Pencils -- History, A. W. Faber-Castell, A.W. Faber-Castell
