How long does it take to read Before Midnight?
Before Midnight by Rex Stout takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 3 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1955. 188 pages, about 51,700 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When a contestant is killed during the final round of the Pour Amour perfume contest, Nero Wolfe must find the person who stole the recipe to the dead contestant's perfume in order to solve the crime.
Subjects: Private investigators, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), Fiction, Prize contests in advertising, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
