How long does it take to read The Library?
An Illustrated History
Stuart Murray
The Library by Stuart Murray takes about 5 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 53 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 321 pages, about 88,275 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 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this remarkable story, Stuart A.P. Murray traces the elaborate history of the library from its very beginnings in the ancient libraries of Babylon and Alexandria to some of the greatest contemporary institutionsthe Royal Society of London, the Newberry Library, the Smithsonian, and many others. Illustrated with 130 rich color photos, readers can follow the fascinating progress of the institution we now know today as the library. - Publisher.
Subjects: Libraries, Pictorial works, History, History of libraries, Bibliotecas, Obras ilustradas
