Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is 7th and 8th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
SMOG Index | Grade 9 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 8 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
The estimated word count of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is 148,800 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 9 hrs 56 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 16 hrs 32 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 31 mins.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - 148,800 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 16 hrs 32 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 9 hrs 56 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 5 hrs 31 mins |
for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Winner of:The Pulitzer PrizeThe National Book Critics Circle AwardThe Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardThe Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel PrizeA Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the YearOne of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadOscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukú—the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim. Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Díaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time.