How long does it take to read Billy Elliot?
Billy Elliot by Melvin Burgess takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 191 pages, about 52,525 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Ballet dancers, Juvenile fiction, Social life and customs, Coal miners, Strikes and lockouts, Coal mining
