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How long does it take to read The Gardener and the Carpenter?

Alison Gopnik

The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 52 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2016. 320 pages, about 88,000 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 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Alison Gopnik, a leading developmental psychologist, illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective"--

Subjects: Child psychology, Developmental psychology, Parenting

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