How long does it take to read The Tyranny of Distance?
The Tyranny of Distance by Geoffrey Blainey takes about 6 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 365 pages, about 100,375 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Australia, History, Human geography, Transportation, Transport, Géographie humaine
