How long does it take to read The Bonfire of the Vanities?
Tom Wolfe, Tsipi Borsuḳ
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, Tsipi Borsuḳ takes about 12 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1920. 690 pages, about 189,750 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 89 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.
Subjects: Fiction, Traffic accidents, City and town life, Stockbrokers, Bankers, Littérature américaine
