How Long to Read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

How Long Does it Take to Read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

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

Description

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a web-design drone, and serendipity, sheer curiosity and the ability to climb a ladder like a monkey have landed him a new gig working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. But Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than its name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything. Instead they “check out” impossibly obscure volumes from strange corners of the store, all according to some elaborate, long-standing arrangement with the gnomic Mr. Penumbra. The store must be a front for something larger, Clay concludes, and soon he has embarked on a complex analysis of the customers’ behaviour and roped his friends into helping him figure out just what’s going on. But once they take their findings to Mr. Penumbra, they discover the secrets extend far beyond the walls of the bookstore. Evoking both the fairy-tale charm of Haruki Murakami and the enthusiastic novel-of-ideas wizardry of Neal Stephenson or Umberto Eco, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is exactly what it sounds like—an establishment you have to enter and will never want to leave.

How long is Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore?

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore aloud.

What Reading Level is Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore?

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore 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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