How long does it take to read The Sword and the Shield?
The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
The Sword and the Shield by Peniel E. Joseph takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2020. 384 pages, about 105,600 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dual political biographies of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X.
Subjects: United states, history
