American books in order
American is a series of 3 books by Philip Roth: 1,174 pages, about 22 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.
- 3
- books
- 1,174
- pages
- 22 hours
- to read them all
- 44 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
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American Pastoral 1997 7.9 h
Seymour "Swede" Levov, a blond high school sports star from Newark, New Jersey, grows up to run his father's glove factory and marry a former beauty queen.
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I Married a Communist 1998 6.3 h
Radio actor Iron Rinn is a big Newark roughneck lighted by a brutal personal secret from which he is perpetually in flight.
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The Human Stain 2000 7.3 h
In 1990's America, the Human Stain is the story told by Nathan Zuckerman, a writer who lives a secluded life until the aging classics professor Coleman Silk becomes his new…
How much is left
| After American Pastoral | about 14 hours left |
| After I Married a Communist | about 7 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 21 hours 31 minutes
All 3 books, 1,174 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
44 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.