How long does it take to read A Stab in the Dark?
A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block takes about 3 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Matthew Scudder
Previous: In the Midst of Death Next: Eight Million Ways to Die
About 3 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 195 pages, about 53,625 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Matt Scudder (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, Mystery, New york (n.y.), fiction
