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Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
754
Reading time
≈ 13 h 40 min
Checkpoints
44
Genre
Fiction

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How long does it take to read Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln?

At 754 pages, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is a doorstopper. Expect about 13 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 28 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 11 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 day28 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)11 days

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

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 44 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 17
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 34
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 51
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 69
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 86
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 103
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 120
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 137
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 154
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 171
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 189
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 206
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 223
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 240
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 257
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 274
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 291
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 308
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 326
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 343
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 360
  22. Checkpoint 22, page 377
  23. Checkpoint 23, page 394
  24. Checkpoint 24, page 411
  25. Checkpoint 25, page 428
  26. Checkpoint 26, page 446
  27. Checkpoint 27, page 463
  28. Checkpoint 28, page 480
  29. Checkpoint 29, page 497
  30. Checkpoint 30, page 514
  31. Checkpoint 31, page 531
  32. Checkpoint 32, page 548
  33. Checkpoint 33, page 566
  34. Checkpoint 34, page 583
  35. Checkpoint 35, page 600
  36. Checkpoint 36, page 617
  37. Checkpoint 37, page 634
  38. Checkpoint 38, page 651
  39. Checkpoint 39, page 668
  40. Checkpoint 40, page 685
  41. Checkpoint 41, page 703
  42. Checkpoint 42, page 720
  43. Checkpoint 43, page 737
  44. Checkpoint 44, page 754

In Vread, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is split into 44 checkpoints, one every 17 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 44 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 1/44pp. 1–17

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 Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln: 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 Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln?
The edition listed on Vread has 754 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln?
About 13 hours 40 minutes of reading, or 28 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln?
Yes: the Vread app has 44 reading questions on Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln?
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.

Read Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln with Vread

Add the book to your library, read at your own pace in whatever format you use, and validate each checkpoint. Vread is free on iPhone and Android.

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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).