On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
Published 2005 · 22,000 words · about 1 hour at an average pace
How hard is On Bullshit to read?
On Bullshit scores 51 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 55 out of 100
- Analytic-philosophy vocabulary, lightly used.
- Sentence structure: 55 out of 100
- Clear, precise sentences.
- Abstraction: 72 out of 100
- A conceptual distinction drawn carefully.
- Information density: 58 out of 100
- Short; the argument is compact.
How On Bullshit is regarded
On Bullshit holds a literary regard score of 63 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.