It takes the average reader 26 hours and 49 minutes to read Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year Spanning the era between the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, and constantly moving between locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all), Against the Day unfolds with a phantasmagoria of characters that includes anarchists, balloonists, gamblers, drug enthusiasts, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, spies, and hired guns. As an era of uncertainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these...
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon is 1,584 pages long, and a total of 402,336 words.
This makes it 535% the length of the average book. It also has 492% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 36 hours and 38 minutes to read Against the Day aloud.
Against the Day is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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