How long does it take to read The Diary of a Bookseller?
Shaun Bythell
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell takes about 5 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2017. 314 pages, about 86,350 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The funny and fascinating memoir of Bythell's experiences at the helm of The Bookshop, Scotland's largest second hand bookstore--and the delightfully unusual staff members, eccentric customers, odd townsfolk and surreal buying trips that make up his life there"--
Subjects: Book Shop (Wigtown, Scotland), Booksellers and bookselling, Biography, Antiquarian booksellers, Booksellers and bookselling, biography, Bookstores
