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A People's History Of The United States

by Howard Zinn

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start A People's History Of The United States, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
978
Reading time
≈ 17 h 40 min
Checkpoints
27
Genre
Non-fiction
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How long does it take to read A People's History Of The United States?

At 978 pages, A People's History Of The United States is a doorstopper. Expect about 17 hours 40 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.

At 30 minutes a day, that is about 36 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 14 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day36 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)14 days

Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 27 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 36
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 72
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 109
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 145
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 181
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 217
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 254
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 290
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 326
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 362
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 398
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 435
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 471
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 507
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 543
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 580
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 616
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 652
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 688
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 724
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 761
  22. Checkpoint 22, page 797
  23. Checkpoint 23, page 833
  24. Checkpoint 24, page 869
  25. Checkpoint 25, page 906
  26. Checkpoint 26, page 942
  27. Checkpoint 27, page 978

In Vread, A People's History Of The United States is split into 27 checkpoints, one every 36 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.

The challenge: validate all 27 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.

Also available in French on Vread.

Illustrative example

Checkpoint 1/27pp. 1–36

What a checkpoint looks like

A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.

The answer is in the text: reply in the app.

This is not a question from A People's History Of The United States: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.

Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.

Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions

How many pages is A People's History Of The United States?
The edition listed on Vread has 978 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read A People's History Of The United States?
About 17 hours 40 minutes of reading, or 36 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on A People's History Of The United States?
Yes: the Vread app has 27 reading questions on A People's History Of The United States, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of A People's History Of The United States?
Vread does not publish summaries: the app supports reading the book itself, part by part. Checkpoint questions cover what you have just read, which makes them a good way to check you did not miss anything.

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Written by Vread from its catalogue data (page count of the listed edition, checkpoints, ratings aggregated from 10 ratings). No summary or publisher text is reproduced. Reading times are estimates; see the method in the Vread Reading Barometer (in French).