How long does it take to read The Beauty of Men?
The Beauty of Men by Andrew Holleran takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 280 pages, about 77,000 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 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Lark's mourning over the loss of his youth and of friends and acquaintances, his visits to his dying mother, and his actual and remembered visits to boat docks and baths comprise a narrative of loneliness, aging, and obsessive desire.
Subjects: Aging, Fiction, Gay men, Psychology, LGBTQ novels, Stonewall Book Awards
