How long does it take to read What the Living Do?
Marie Howe
What the Living Do by Marie Howe takes about 1 hour 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 40 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 91 pages, about 25,025 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Poetry, American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
