How long does it take to read The Humor Code?
A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
Peter (Ph. D.) McGraw, Joel Warner
The Humor Code by Peter (Ph. D.) McGraw, Joel Warner takes about 4 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 254 pages, about 69,850 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist travel the globe to discover the secret behind what makes things funny, questioning countless experts, including Louis C.K., along the way.
Subjects: Wit and humor, Psychological aspects, Humor, Kulturvergleich, Wit and humor, psychological aspects
