How many pages is The Glass Castle?

304 pages, which is about 91,000 words and 6 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.

Is The Glass Castle worth reading?

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.16 out of 5, from 609 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 304 pages and about 6 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 Glass Castle audiobook?

About 10 hrs, estimated from the 91,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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The Glass Castle

Name: The Glass Castle
Author: Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls

6 hrsto read

At your speed≈ 6 hrs

Pages304

Audiobook≈ 10 hrs

304 pages works out to roughly 91,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 6 hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.16 out of 5, from 609 ratings.

How long does it take to read The Glass Castle?

The Glass Castle is 304 pages, or roughly 91,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Glass Castle at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	8½ hrs
Average	250	6 hrs
Fast	400	4 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.

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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.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Glass Castle?: About 6 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Glass Castle runs 304 pages, roughly 91,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 8½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 4 hrs.
How many pages is The Glass Castle?: 304 pages, which is about 91,000 words and 6 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
Is The Glass Castle worth reading?: Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.16 out of 5, from 609 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 304 pages and about 6 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 Glass Castle audiobook?: About 10 hrs, estimated from the 91,000 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

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly.…

But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing -- a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.

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