ShelfLook
Tools About
Cover of Valley of the Dolls

How long does it take to read Valley of the Dolls?

a novel

Jacqueline Susann

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann takes about 8 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 6 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1966. 442 pages, about 121,550 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 30 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 4 minutes

The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The story of three women and their struggle to make it in the entertainment industry. Upon making it to the top, the sad realization sets in that they have no place to go but down.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • sexual content
  • suicide
  • drug use

How these are chosen

Subjects: Actresses, Drug abuse, Drug use, Female friendship, Fiction, Motion pictur actors and actresses

More by Jacqueline Susann

Books like this

Popular books of similar length