How long does it take to read Beautiful Ruins?
Jess Walter
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter takes about 6 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 337 pages, about 92,675 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A novel that spans fifty years. The Italian housekeeper and his long-lost American starlet; the producer who once brought them together, and his assistant. A glittering world filled with unforgettable characters.
Subjects: Hotelkeepers, Man-woman relationships, Americans, Fiction, Motion picture actors and actresses, Italy, fiction
