How long does it take to read City of Quartz?
Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
City of Quartz by Mike Davis takes about 8 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 471 pages, about 129,525 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Social conditions, Politics and government, Inner cities, Real estate development, Crime, History
