Reading Level
What is the reading level of This Secret Thing: A Novel?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of This Secret Thing: A Novel is 6th and 7th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
This Secret Thing: A Novel
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 4 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 8 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 6 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
Reading Time
6 hrs 21 mins
How long to read This Secret Thing: A Novel?
The estimated word count of This Secret Thing: A Novel is 95,015 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 21 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 10 hrs 34 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 32 mins.
| This Secret Thing: A Novel - 95,015 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 10 hrs 34 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 6 hrs 21 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 32 mins |
- Authors
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Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
More about This Secret Thing: A Novel
95,015 words
Word Count
for This Secret Thing: A Novel
299 pages
Pages
10 hours and 13 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
Out of love. Out of protection. Out of fear. Everyone has a reason to lie.Everyone in Raleigh, North Carolina, is talking about Norah Ramsey, the single mother accused of being a suburban madam. But Norah’s not the only one keeping secrets.After her mother’s arrest, Norah’s teenage daughter, Violet, is devastated and alone. She has no one to turn to until her grandmother Polly arrives. Polly, long estranged from Norah, is running from her own troubles. Down the street, Bess, once Norah’s best friend, desperately tries to hide secrets while Casey, Bess’s daughter, flees college after a traumatic event, only to find that home isn’t the safe haven she expected. And Nico, the detective who has doggedly pursued Norah Ramsey in hopes that she will lead him to his missing brother, is drawn further into these women’s lives while facing his own domestic disturbance.Scandal has brought each of them to a crossroads. Now, as they delve into Norah’s secrets, they must come to terms with secrets of their own—ones that still have the power to hurt or to heal.