The American Way of Killing
At your speed≈ 6 hrs
Pages304
Audiobook≈ 10 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.
304 pages works out to roughly 91,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 6 hrs — a weekend's reading.
Only 6 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way.
No Worth-it score yet. Too new to score — fewer than 10 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far. How the score works →
How long does it take to read The American Way of Killing?
The American Way of Killing is 304 pages, or roughly 91,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 8½ hrs |
| Average | 250 | 6 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 4 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 10 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read The American Way of Killing?
- About 6 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The American Way of Killing runs 304 pages, roughly 91,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 8½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 4 hrs.
- How many pages is The American Way of Killing?
- 304 pages, which is about 91,000 words and 6 hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
- Is The American Way of Killing worth reading?
- Only 6 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: 304 pages and about 6 hrs of your time, or 4 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is The American Way of Killing audiobook?
- About 10 hrs, estimated from the 91,000 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
The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?
In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American "peculiarity"--how the world's wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world's poorest countries.
Drawing on original interviews, archival and…
social science research, and his trademark insight, Gladwell approaches the American paradox through a series of stories. What can we learn from the miracle of a young gunshot victim in Washington, D.C.? How have the legal troubles of a seventeenth-century English knight influenced American attempts at gun control? Why would a European police chief be baffled by the graduation ceremony at any American police academy? In a sweeping narrative, Gladwell travels from a shooting range in North Carolina, to the South Side of Chicago, to an old plantation house in Alabama, painting a picture of a country that does not understand its most pressing social problem, and as result, does not understand how to fix it.
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