How long does it take to read The Accidental Tourist?
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler takes about 6 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 355 pages, about 97,625 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Meet Macon Leary—a travel writer who hates both travel and strangeness. Grounded by loneliness, comfort, and a somewhat odd domestic life, Macon is about to embark on a surprising new journey. It's called love—and it arrives in the unlikely shape of a fuzzy-haired dog-obedience trainer who promises to turn the Accidental Tourist into a happy traveler...
Subjects: Death, Psychological fiction, Psychology, Men, Fiction, Children in fiction
