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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
400
Reading time
≈ 7 h 20 min
Checkpoints
17
Genre
Non-fiction
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How long does it take to read Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption?

At 400 pages, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a fairly long book. Expect about 7 hours 20 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 15 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 6 reading days. For a book of this length (400 to 599 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 5.3 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day15 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)6 days

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

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 17 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 24
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 47
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 71
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 94
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 118
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 141
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 165
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 188
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 212
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 235
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 259
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 282
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 306
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 329
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 353
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 376
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 400

In Vread, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is split into 17 checkpoints, one every 24 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 17 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 1/17pp. 1–24

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 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption: 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 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption?
The edition listed on Vread has 400 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption?
About 7 hours 20 minutes of reading, or 15 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption?
Yes: the Vread app has 17 reading questions on Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption?
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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