How long does it take to read A Passion for Books?
A book lover's treasury of stories, essays, humor, lore, and lists on collecting, reading, borrowing, lending, caring for, and appreciating books
Harold Rabinowitz, Rob Kaplan
A Passion for Books by Harold Rabinowitz, Rob Kaplan takes about 6 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 380 pages, about 104,500 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Presents sixty classic and contemporary essays, lists, poems, stories, quotations, and cartoons that celebrate the joys of reading, appreciating, and collecting books.
Subjects: addresses, essays, lectures, Books and reading, Book collecting, Literary collections
