In praise of short books: to start and finish in one sitting is a rare, unbridled joy | Paul Daley
Aug 28, 2023
3 minutes
In recent weeks and months, more by chance than planning, I’ve been reading more much shorter books than I usually do. A slow and careful reader, I take on average a week to finish a 300-page novel (I once read that most adult novels are between 70,000 to 120,000 words). Nonfiction books usually take me significantly longer.
I recently took six weeks to finish (374 pages) for a review – but that had as much to do
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