How long does it take to read Works?
Works by Primo Levi takes about 7 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 398 pages, about 109,450 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author's survival in Auschwitz and his travels through Eastern Europe and Russia are the subjects of this memoir.
Subjects: Prisoners of war, Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Italian Personal narratives, German Prisoners and prisons, Biography, Authors, biography
