Profiles in Cowardice
At your speed≈ 6 hrs
Pages288
Audiobook≈ 9½ 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.
288 pages works out to roughly 86,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 6 hrs — a weekend's reading.
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How long does it take to read Profiles in Cowardice?
Profiles in Cowardice is 288 pages, or roughly 86,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 8 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 6 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 3½ 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 9½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Profiles in Cowardice?
- About 6 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Profiles in Cowardice runs 288 pages, roughly 86,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 8 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3½ hrs.
- How many pages is Profiles in Cowardice?
- 288 pages, which is about 86,000 words and 6 hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Open Library lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
- Is Profiles in Cowardice worth reading?
- What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 288 pages and about 6 hrs of your time, or 3½ hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the Profiles in Cowardice audiobook?
- About 9½ hrs, estimated from the 86,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From Wikipedia
Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era is a 2026 nonfiction book by journalist Jacob Weisberg, focused on the people and institutions that have supported Donald Trump and his second presidential administration.…
The book's title is an allusion to Profiles In Courage, a book written in the 1950s by then-Senator John F. Kennedy focusing on eight US senators who had made unpopular decisions.
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