How long does it take to read Upright Women Wanted?
Sarah Gailey, Romy Nordlinger
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey, Romy Nordlinger takes about 3 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2020. 176 pages, about 48,400 words. Written for young adults.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.
Subjects: pulp Western, queer, librarians, revolution, antifacism, LGBTQ young adult
