How many pages is The Nerd Reich?

320 pages, which is about 96,000 words and 6½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.

Is The Nerd Reich worth reading?

Only 5 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: 320 pages and about 6½ 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 Nerd Reich audiobook?

About 10½ hrs, estimated from the 96,000 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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The Nerd Reich

Name: The Nerd Reich
Author: Gil Durán

Gil Durán

6½ hrsto read

At your speed≈ 6½ hrs

Pages320

Audiobook≈ 10½ hrs

320 pages works out to roughly 96,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 6½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

Only 5 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way.

How long does it take to read The Nerd Reich?

The Nerd Reich is 320 pages, or roughly 96,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Nerd Reich at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	9 hrs
Average	250	6½ hrs
Fast	400	4 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 The Nerd Reich?: About 6½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Nerd Reich runs 320 pages, roughly 96,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 9 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 4 hrs.
How many pages is The Nerd Reich?: 320 pages, which is about 96,000 words and 6½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
Is The Nerd Reich worth reading?: Only 5 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: 320 pages and about 6½ 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 Nerd Reich audiobook?: About 10½ hrs, estimated from the 96,000 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

A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the international stage, exploring the wild and dystopian ambition of the technocrats at its center, and offering a road map to resistance. When Silicon Valley says it is ‘‘moving fast and breaking…

things,’’ the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule. Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. He introduces its modern apostles—some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names—and shows how the promise of technological liberation has transformed into a global movement for digital feudalism, powered by cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and the algorithmic propaganda of social media. The Nerd Reich explains the origins, strategies, and ambitions of Silicon Valley’s war on democracy for the first time. From San Francisco’s weaponized elections and secret billionaire projects to the White House, Durán exposes how the world’s richest men are building a new political order. The Nerd Reich is more than a hidden history, it’s an urgent warning: democracy is being dismantled not by coups or tanks, but by code, capital, and the illusion of innovation. Durán insists there is still time to fight back—if we act now.