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How long does it take to read The Five-dollar Smile and Other Stories?

Shashi Tharoor

The Five-dollar Smile and Other Stories by Shashi Tharoor takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 13 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1993. 175 pages, about 48,125 words.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 21 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 13 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Social life and customs, Fiction

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