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Reading time

How long does it take to read John Adams?

by David McCullough

At an average pace

13h 46m

206,525 words at 250 a minute

At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 4 weeks.

That is 28 sessions with John Adams.

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45 minutes a day would finish it in about 3 weeks.

This estimate uses a representative 751-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.

How many words is John Adams?

John Adams is about 206,525 words, estimated from its 751 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 13 hours 46 minutes.

We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.

How many pages is John Adams?

Catalog page count
751
Edition ISBN
9780743223133
Author
David McCullough
Genre
history, historical fiction, biography

These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.

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