Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Fly Already: Stories is 5th and 6th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 3 |
SMOG Index | Grade 7 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 5 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
The estimated word count of Fly Already: Stories is 52,855 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 32 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 53 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 58 mins.
Fly Already: Stories - 52,855 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 5 hrs 53 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 32 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 58 mins |
for Fly Already: Stories
Winner of the 2018 Sapir Prize. You need to bribe someone into giving you weed? Don't worry, just step into this court room and call the defendant a murderer. You're a rich, lonely man and you want the joy of company? Don't worry, just buy up people's birthdays, and you'll have friends calling every day. You need to get girls into bed? Don't worry, your writer friend will write you a very persuasive story. You're standing on the edge of a very high building, with all of your wretched sorrows? Don't worry, fly already! In these 22 short stories, wild capers reveal painful emotional truths, and the bizarre is just another name for the familiar. Wickedly funny and thrillingly smart, Fly Already is a collage of absurdity, despair and love, written by veteran commentator on the circus farce that is life.