How long does it take to read Baker's Dozen?
13 short mystery novels
Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg, Leslie Charteris, Mignon G. Eberhart, Cornell Woolrich, John D. MacDonald, Hugh Pentecost, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ross Macdonald, Fredric Brown, Rex Stout, Ed Mcbain, Daphne du Maurier
Baker's Dozen by Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg, Leslie Charteris, Mignon G. Eberhart, Cornell Woolrich, John D. MacDonald, Hugh Pentecost, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ross Macdonald, Fredric Brown, Rex Stout, Ed Mcbain, Daphne du Maurier takes about 10 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 20 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1984. 564 pages, about 155,100 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twelve short crime novels: Leslie Charteris - The Lawless Lady Mignon Eberhart - Introducing Susan Dare Cornell Woolrich - Nightmare John D. MacDonald - Death's Eye View Hugh Pentecost - The Murder Machine Erle Stanley Gardner - Death Rides a Boxcar Ross Macdonald - The Bearded Lady Fredric Brown - Murder Set to Music Rex Stout - The Zero Clue Ed McBain - Storm Daphne du Maurier - Don't Look Now Bill Pronzini - Booktaker
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, American fiction
