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How long does it take to read In My Own Way?

an autobiography, 1915-1965

Alan Watts

In My Own Way by Alan Watts takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 20 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1972. 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 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Alan Watts was a philosopher, lecturer and the West's foremost popularizir of Asian religion & philosophy. This autobiography tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to challenge convention and think for themselves.

Subjects: Biography, Philosophers, Zen Buddhists, Philosophers, united states

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