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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

by Daniel Yergin

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
928
Reading time
≈ 16 h 50 min
Checkpoints
25
Genre
Fiction
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How long does it take to read The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power?

At 928 pages, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power is a doorstopper. Expect about 16 hours 50 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 34 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 13 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 day34 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)13 days

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

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 25 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 37
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 74
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 111
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 148
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 186
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 223
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 260
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 297
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 334
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 371
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 408
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 445
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 483
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 520
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 557
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 594
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 631
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 668
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 705
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 742
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 780
  22. Checkpoint 22, page 817
  23. Checkpoint 23, page 854
  24. Checkpoint 24, page 891
  25. Checkpoint 25, page 928

In Vread, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power is split into 25 checkpoints, one every 37 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 25 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 1/25pp. 1–37

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 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power: 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 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power?
The edition listed on Vread has 928 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power?
About 16 hours 50 minutes of reading, or 34 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power?
Yes: the Vread app has 25 reading questions on The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power?
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 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power 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).