Books like The Writer's Chapbook
George Plimpton
The Writer's Chapbook is 419 pages, about 7 hours 41 minutes at 250 words a minute.
12 books to read next
How long each takes
Writing Down the Bones 4.7 h 
Screenplay 4.5 h 
What If? 4.7 h 
Writing Fiction 7.3 h 
Tools of Titans 12.9 h 
Wired for Story 4.8 h 
Steering the Craft 3.2 h 
Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative 3.0 h 
Three Genres 7.7 h 
A Passion for Narrative 5.5 h 
Story Genius 5.1 h 
Characters and Viewpoint 3.3 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.