How long does it take to read The Short Novels of John Steinbeck?
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck takes about 10 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1953. 550 pages, about 151,250 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels—Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row, and The Pearl. From Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, and hope in Of Mice and Men, to his tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society in Cannery Row, to The Pearl's examination of the fallacy of the American dream, Steinbeck created stories that were realistic, rugged, and imbued with energy and resilience.
Subjects: Fiction, Novelettes, Western stories, Social life and customs, Western fiction, Labor Trilogy
