It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the tradition of The Professor and the Madman, a "brisk and vivid"( Los Angeles Times) account of an obsessive scholar. Polymath, eccentric, and synonym aficionado, Peter Mark Roget had a host of female admirers, was one of the first to test the effects of laughing gas, invented the slide rule, and narrowly escaped jail in Napoleon's France. But Roget is best known for making lists. After the tragic turmoil of his early life (both his mother and sister were institutionalized), Roget longed for order in his chaotic world. At the age of eight, he began his quest to put everything in its...
The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Man Who Made Lists aloud.
The Man Who Made Lists is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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