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How long does it take to read And Be a Villain?

a Nero Wolfe novel

Rex Stout

And Be a Villain by Rex Stout takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 26 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1948. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 24 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 26 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 46 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Private investigators

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