How long does it take to read Bright Lights, Big City?
a novel
Jay McInerney
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Written entirely in the second person, McInerney's first novel is a vivid account of cocaine addiction.
Subjects: Fiction, Young men, Fiction, general, New york (n.y.), fiction
