How many pages is Biological War?

432 pages, which is about 130,000 words and 8½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.

Is Biological War worth reading?

Only 13 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 432 pages and about 8½ hrs of your time, or 5½ hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.

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.

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Biological War

Name: Biological War
Author: Annie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen

8½ hrsto read

At your speed≈ 8½ hrs

Pages432

Audiobook≈ 14½ hrs

432 pages works out to roughly 130,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8½ hrs — about a week of evenings.

Only 13 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way.

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:

Estimated reading time for Biological War at three reading speeds.
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 — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.

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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 take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
Is Biological War worth reading?: Only 13 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 432 pages and about 8½ hrs of your time, or 5½ hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
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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