How long does it take to read Too Big to Fail?
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin takes about 11 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours
A week or two of reading
First published 2009. 600 pages, about 165,000 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Andrew Ross Sorkin's non-fiction account examines the 2008 financial crisis, including the collapse of Lehman Brothers. It follows events from the start of 2008 up to the decision to establish the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The narrative is told through the eyes of the chief executives of major financial firms and the main government regulators. Drawing on their daily conversations and choices, it reconstructs in considerable detail how these figures reacted to a period of intense pressure, and how Wall Street and Washington sought to rescue the financial system.
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Subjects: Business, Finance, Management, Nonfiction, Financial crises, History
