How long does it take to read The Great Good Place?
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The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg takes about 7 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 394 pages, about 108,350 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Public spaces, Leisure, City and town life
