How long does it take to read The Human Stain?
The Human Stain by Philip Roth takes about 7 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of American trilogy
Previous: I Married a Communist
About 7 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 398 pages, about 109,450 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 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 45 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1990's America, the Human Stain is the story told by Nathan Zuckerman, a writer who lives a secluded life until the aging classics professor Coleman Silk becomes his new neighbor.
Subjects: Passing (Identity), PEN/Faulkner Award Winner, Fiction, Jewish men, College teachers, African American men
