How long does it take to read Desert Solitaire?
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey takes about 4 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1968. 271 pages, about 74,525 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A book about Edward Abbey's life as a park ranger in the American Southwest in the 1950's.
Subjects: American Authors, American Novelists, Arches National Monument, Authors, American, Biography, Desert biology
