How long does it take to read The Thin Red Line?
The Thin Red Line by James Jones takes about 8 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 45 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1962. 477 pages, about 131,175 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
They are the men of C-for-Charlie Company--"Mad" 1stSgt. Eddie Welsh, SSgt. Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them--infantrymen in "this man's army" who are about to land grim and white-faced on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead some will earn medals; others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad--and the living from the dead--in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, war & military, Philippines, fiction, Campaigns, Military campaigns
