My only book-book, Tempo, is pretty short. Just 155 pages 
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Funny how writers naturally think in word counts and readers in page counts
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Unsure about ideal - depends too much on the subject - but I side eye books when they go past 300 pages and give bonus points to books that are closer to the 100 page mark
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I often feel longer books need to be split into two sections: the core argument that you need to read in order to get the point of the book, arrayed linearly, and the supporting material that is there for you to deep dive into if you want it, organised for random access
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For non fiction, I’d pay a premium for effective brevity. Not a summary, just ppl writing with density and precision (wsj is a good model for this). Ideal length is what ever is needed to make the case/point
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For non-fic, like 50 pages. Almost all books are much too long and padded out with garbage. For fiction, as long as it needs to be without compromising quality. Most fiction is too long also, but there's less of an imperative to make it shorter.
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nature of order volume 1 and notes on the synthesis of form
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As long as it needs to be.
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Exactly ... because reading books is not about quantitative optimization
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