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How long does it take to read Appointment with Death?

Agatha Christie

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 18 of Canon of Hercule Poirot

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About 4 hours 6 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1938. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 51 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 34 minutes

The page count is the median across 111 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Agatha Christie set this book in Jerusalem. An english family headed by a bullying overbearing mother is murdered. Suspicion falls on members of the family, so Poirot steps in to investigate.

Subjects: Belgians, Belgians in fiction, Fiction, Fiction inEnglish, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Private investigators

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