How long does it take to read Fragile Things?
Short Fictions and Wonders
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 400 pages, about 110,000 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders, published in 2006, gathers short stories and poems by the English author Neil Gaiman. Most pieces were first written for magazines, anthologies, and even CD sleeves, and the book now collects them in one place. The contents range widely: a Sherlock Holmes tale mixed with Cthulhu horror, ghost stories, gothic verse about Bluebeard, a retelling of Goldilocks, instructions for surviving a fairy tale, and a monologue for a sock monkey. A novella-length sequel to American Gods, set in remote Scotland, closes the volume.
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Subjects: Mystery, Short stories, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, short stories, Fiction, horror, English Short stories
