How many pages is The Land and Its People?

261 pages, which is about 78,000 words and 5 hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.

Is The Land and Its People worth reading?

On early ratings, we score it 7.0 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Only 27 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far, so the score leans on the library average and will move as more ratings arrive; at about 5 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.

How long is The Land and Its People audiobook?

About 8½ hrs, estimated from the 78,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

The Land and Its PeopleDavid Sedaris

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The Land and Its People

Name: The Land and Its People
Author: David Sedaris

David Sedaris

5 hrsto read

7.0early score

At your speed≈ 5 hrs

Pages261

Audiobook≈ 8½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

261 pages works out to roughly 78,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5 hrs — a weekend's reading.

27 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — enough for an early score, not yet a firm one.

Worth-it score 7.0/10 — Worth the time (early). Readers 6.9 (27 early ratings on Hardcover) + length 0.1 = 7.0. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Land and Its People?

The Land and Its People is 261 pages, or roughly 78,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Land and Its People at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	7½ hrs
Average	250	5 hrs
Fast	400	3½ 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 8½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Land and Its People?: About 5 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Land and Its People runs 261 pages, roughly 78,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3½ hrs.
How many pages is The Land and Its People?: 261 pages, which is about 78,000 words and 5 hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
Is The Land and Its People worth reading?: On early ratings, we score it 7.0 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Only 27 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far, so the score leans on the library average and will move as more ratings arrive; at about 5 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.
How long is The Land and Its People audiobook?: About 8½ hrs, estimated from the 78,000 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

He tries on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery, and both succeeds and fails. He buys his sister a cape and discusses his brother with a jaded Duolingo bot. He walks dozens of miles with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire.…

Ever adding to his list of “Countries I Have Been To,” he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest’s cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo. There is sadness here—scrolling through his address book, he realizes how many dear friends are now deceased—but also delight: he revels in authors’ biographies, the malapropism that becomes a decades-long inside joke, and pair of well-made cotton underpants. He is bitten by a dog. A train passenger vomits in his face. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn’t. Look how hard it is to be alive! Throughout these essays—at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound—Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity this fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit.