
How long does it take to read A People's History of the United States?
by Howard Zinn
13h 22m
200,475 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 4 weeks.
That is 27 sessions with A People's History of the United States.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 3 weeks.
This estimate uses a representative 729-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is A People's History of the United States?
A People's History of the United States is about 200,475 words, estimated from its 729 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 13 hours 22 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 A People's History of the United States?
- Catalog page count
- 729
- Edition ISBN
- 9780060838652
- Author
- Howard Zinn
- 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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