How long does it take to read The Candy House?
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2022. 352 pages, about 96,800 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Linked short stories about a future where consciousness is uploadable, searchable and shareable, and humans are still humans despite everything.
Subjects: fame, Fiction, psychological, memory, psychology of influence
