How Long to Read Hard to Be Good

How Long Does it Take to Read Hard to Be Good?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Hard to Be Good by Bill Barich

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In his first collection of short fiction, Bill Barich gives us cause to celebrate a prose stylist who can gracefully cross the boundaries of genre. As stated by Anne Tyler, Hard to Be Good is so large and complete that you tend to look up at the end and find yourself surprised that it’s still the same day. Set in the American West, as are three other of the seven stories in this book, it is about the unselfconscious struggle for wholeness in a divided family. Its adolescent protagonist moves from innocence to experience in the course of a summer vacation with his mother and her third husband,...

How long is Hard to Be Good?

Hard to Be Good by Bill Barich is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hard to Be Good Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Hard to Be Good aloud.

What Reading Level is Hard to Be Good?

Hard to Be Good is suitable for students ages 10 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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