How long does it take to read The Yiddish Policemen's Union?
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon takes about 7 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 427 pages, about 117,425 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 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II, a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska, in 1941, and that the fledgling State of Israel was destroyed in 1948. The novel is set in Sitka, which it depicts as a large, Yiddish-speaking metropolis. The Yiddish Policemen's Union won a number of science fiction awards: the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for Best Novel. It was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel.
Subjects: literary fiction, hard-boiled fiction, mystery & detective fiction, alternative history, Popular American Fiction, Fiction
