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How long does it take to read Monstress?

Lysley A. Tenorio

Monstress by Lysley A. Tenorio takes about 4 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 15 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2012. 232 pages, about 63,800 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 5 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 15 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

This heartrending, funny and utterly original collection of stories, exploring the clash and meld of American and Filipino culture, centers around the sometimes suffocating ties of family, the melancholy of isolation and the need to find connections.

Subjects: Short stories, LGBTQ short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, asian american, Filipino Americans, Fiction

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