How long does it take to read How Fiction Works?
James Wood
How Fiction Works by James Wood takes about 5 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 2008. 274 pages, about 75,350 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Provides a somewhat academic approach to a discussion of the main elements of fiction using examples (good and bad) from literature.
Subjects: Fiction, Authorship, Technique, History and criticism, Fiction, technique, Fiction, history and criticism
