How long does it take to read The Seven Basic Plots?
Christopher Booker
The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker takes about 13 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2004. 736 pages, about 202,400 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.), Stories, plots, Stories, plots, etc, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Littérature, Histoires, intrigues
