How long does it take to read The Rising Sun?
The Rising Sun by John Willard Toland takes about 17 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 29 minutes
A long haul
First published 1900. 954 pages, about 262,350 words.
35 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Comprehensive account of the military and political events that led to Pearl Harbor, the war in the Pacific, and Japan's defeat; based on interviews with participants, and told from a Japanese point of view.
Subjects: Japan, History, Histoire, Geschichte, Außenpolitik, Military
