It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read How Pol Pot Came to Power by Ben Kiernan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
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How Pol Pot Came to Power by Ben Kiernan is 430 pages long, and a total of 107,500 words.
This makes it 145% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 47 minutes to read How Pol Pot Came to Power aloud.
How Pol Pot Came to Power is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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