Biological War
At your speed≈ 8½ hrs
Pages432
Audiobook≈ 14½ hrs
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
432 pages works out to roughly 130,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8½ hrs — a weekend's reading.
26 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — enough for an early score, not yet a firm one.
Worth-it score 6.5/10 — Worth the time (early). Readers 6.7 (26 early ratings on Hardcover) − length 0.2 = 6.5. How the score works →
How long does it take to read Biological War?
Biological War is 432 pages, or roughly 130,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 12½ hrs |
| Average | 250 | 8½ hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 5½ hrs |
Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 14½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Biological War?
- About 8½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Biological War runs 432 pages, roughly 130,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 12½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5½ hrs.
- How many pages is Biological War?
- 432 pages, which is about 130,000 words and 8½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
- Is Biological War worth reading?
- On early ratings, we score it 6.5 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Only 26 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far, so the score leans on the library average and will move as more ratings arrive; at about 8½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.2 for its length.
- How long is the Biological War audiobook?
- About 14½ hrs, estimated from the 130,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
In this essential new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen examines this very scenario.…
It would be only a matter of days from such a global infection before the infrastructure built to handle this gravest of situations would be in a battle for human existence. The fallout: mass death, total societal breakdown, widespread insurrection, anarchy, and a plague-ravaged wasteland that no longer resembles modern civilization. In other words: dystopia. Following the gripping narrative style that launched Nuclear War to the New York Times bestseller list, Jacobsen looks deeply at a situation that is in some ways the opposite of a nuclear bomb: There is no mushroom cloud, no shock wave or blast. Instead, the scenario that could end the world as we know it begins with something so small, and something so malicious, that when used for evil, only evil can result. This is what could happen; a ticking-clock roadmap to the hours, days, and weeks following the release of a biological agent, that serves as the most essential, forward-looking journalism in preparation for urgent societal upheaval.
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