How Long to Read Quiet, Please

How Long Does it Take to Read Quiet, Please?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 9 minutes to read Quiet, Please by Douglas Scott

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

Description

An unexpectedly raucous and illuminating memoir set in a Southern California public library. For most of us, librarians are the quiet people behind the desk, who, apart from the occasional "shush," vanish into the background. But in Quiet, Please, McSweeney's contributor Scott Douglas puts the quirky caretakers of our literature front and center. With a keen eye for the absurd and a Kesey-esque cast of characters (witness the librarian who is sure Thomas Pynchon is Julia Roberts's latest flame), Douglas takes us where few readers have gone before. Punctuated by his own highly subjective research into library history--from Andrew Carnegie's Gilded Age to today's Afghanistan--Douglas gives us a surprising (and sometimes hilarious) look at the lives which make up the social institution that is his library.

How long is Quiet, Please?

Quiet, Please by Douglas Scott is 364 pages long, and a total of 92,456 words.

This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 113% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Quiet, Please Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 25 minutes to read Quiet, Please aloud.

What Reading Level is Quiet, Please?

Quiet, Please 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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