Fictional Selves
At your speed≈ 6½ hrs
Pages320
Audiobook≈ 10½ hrs
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
320 pages works out to roughly 96,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 6½ hrs — a weekend's reading.
Only 1 reader has rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way.
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How long does it take to read Fictional Selves?
Fictional Selves is 320 pages, or roughly 96,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 9 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 6½ hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 4 hrs |
Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 10½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Fictional Selves?
- About 6½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Fictional Selves runs 320 pages, roughly 96,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 9 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 4 hrs.
- How many pages is Fictional Selves?
- 320 pages, which is about 96,000 words and 6½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
- Is Fictional Selves worth reading?
- Only 1 reader has rated it on Hardcover so far — too few to tell you much either way. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 320 pages and about 6½ hrs of your time, or 4 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the Fictional Selves audiobook?
- About 10½ hrs, estimated from the 96,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
Everywhere I go I am followed by a mystery man. He looks like me but—not quite. On talk shows, I sip coffee on couches and pretend to be him; on social media, I put on his mask to engage in suburban silliness. And of course, we work together. But for him, the movies and TV shows never end.…
Where does this guy—this Kyle MacLachlan—end and where do I begin? And is he even real? And, holy mackerel . . . am I? To be in the black suit, or not to be? Kyle MacLachlan’s funny, moving, and playfully self-aware memoir charts a career that could belong to no other. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynch’s Dune, the Hollywood blockbuster that never was, MacLachlan rebounded with a startling performance in Lynch’s provocative masterpiece Blue Velvet, which would mark him as a master of the unusual and ultimately lead to his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper on the TV sensation Twin Peaks. Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgangers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego (“Other Kyle”), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Taking us from the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable—and often unpredictable—life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.
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