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The rise and fall of the Third Reich : a history of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The rise and fall of the Third Reich : a history of Nazi Germany, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 2,252
- Reading time
- ≈ 40 h 50 min
- Checkpoints
- 62
- Genre
- Historical
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read The rise and fall of the Third Reich : a history of Nazi Germany?
At 2,252 pages, The rise and fall of the Third Reich : a history of Nazi Germany is a doorstopper. Expect about 40 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 82 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 32 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).
- 30 minutes a day82 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)32 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 62 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 36
- Checkpoint 2, page 73
- Checkpoint 3, page 109
- Checkpoint 4, page 145
- Checkpoint 5, page 182
- Checkpoint 6, page 218
- Checkpoint 7, page 254
- Checkpoint 8, page 291
- Checkpoint 9, page 327
- Checkpoint 10, page 363
- Checkpoint 11, page 400
- Checkpoint 12, page 436
- Checkpoint 13, page 472
- Checkpoint 14, page 509
- Checkpoint 15, page 545
- Checkpoint 16, page 581
- Checkpoint 17, page 617
- Checkpoint 18, page 654
- Checkpoint 19, page 690
- Checkpoint 20, page 726
- Checkpoint 21, page 763
- Checkpoint 22, page 799
- Checkpoint 23, page 835
- Checkpoint 24, page 872
- Checkpoint 25, page 908
- Checkpoint 26, page 944
- Checkpoint 27, page 981
- Checkpoint 28, page 1017
- Checkpoint 29, page 1053
- Checkpoint 30, page 1090
- Checkpoint 31, page 1126
- Checkpoint 32, page 1162
- Checkpoint 33, page 1199
- Checkpoint 34, page 1235
- Checkpoint 35, page 1271
- Checkpoint 36, page 1308
- Checkpoint 37, page 1344
- Checkpoint 38, page 1380
- Checkpoint 39, page 1417
- Checkpoint 40, page 1453
- Checkpoint 41, page 1489
- Checkpoint 42, page 1526
- Checkpoint 43, page 1562
- Checkpoint 44, page 1598
- Checkpoint 45, page 1635
- Checkpoint 46, page 1671
- Checkpoint 47, page 1707
- Checkpoint 48, page 1743
- Checkpoint 49, page 1780
- Checkpoint 50, page 1816
- Checkpoint 51, page 1852
- Checkpoint 52, page 1889
- Checkpoint 53, page 1925
- Checkpoint 54, page 1961
- Checkpoint 55, page 1998
- Checkpoint 56, page 2034
- Checkpoint 57, page 2070
- Checkpoint 58, page 2107
- Checkpoint 59, page 2143
- Checkpoint 60, page 2179
- Checkpoint 61, page 2216
- Checkpoint 62, page 2252
In Vread, The rise and fall of the Third Reich : a history of Nazi Germany is split into 62 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 62 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
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 rise and fall of the Third Reich : a history of Nazi Germany: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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