How long does it take to read High Lonesome?
new & selected stories, 1966-2006
High Lonesome by Joyce Carol Oates takes about 12 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2006. 664 pages, about 182,600 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
No other writer can match the impressive oeuvre of Joyce Carol Oates. High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories 1966-2006 gathers short fiction from the acclaimed author's seminal collections and includes eleven new tales that further demonstrate the breathtaking artistry and striking originality of an incomparable talent who "has imbued the American short story with an edgy vitality and raw social surfaces" (Chicago Tribune).
Subjects: Social life and customs, Fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), American Short stories
