#7 in Essays
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
8.28.2 / 10
Score out of 10174 ratingsConfidence 54%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
- 353
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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About the book
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments is a 1997 collection of nonfiction writing by David Foster Wallace.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 174 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 54% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Essays average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 15 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 159 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again?
It has 353 pages — longer than 92% of the ranked books in Essays.
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