How long does it take to read Detective Stories?
Philip Pullman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Isaac Asimov, E. C. Bentley, Erich Kästner, Dorothy L. Sayers, Raymond M. Smullyan, Damon Runyon, Michael Underwood, Ellery Queen, Italo Calvino, Tony Fletcher, Andrew Vachss, Stephen Leacock
Detective Stories by Philip Pullman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Isaac Asimov, E. C. Bentley, Erich Kästner, Dorothy L. Sayers, Raymond M. Smullyan, Damon Runyon, Michael Underwood, Ellery Queen, Italo Calvino, Tony Fletcher, Andrew Vachss, Stephen Leacock takes about 4 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 223 pages, about 61,325 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Adventure of the Speckled Band / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The little mystery / E.C. Bentley The adventure of the Egyptian tomb / Agatha Christie Emil and the detectives (an extract) / Erich Kästner The inspiration of Mr. Budd / Dorothy L. Sayers From the files of Inspector Craig / Raymond Smullyan Butch minds the baby / Damon Runyon Murder at St. Oswald's / Michael Underwood The cross of Lorraine / Isaac Asimov The Newdick helicopter / Leslie Charteris Cold money / Ellery Queen More from the files of Inspector Craig / Raymond Smullyan The one-handed murderer / Italo Calvino (an Italian folktale) Fingerprinting a ghost / Tony Fletcher (from Memories of murder) It's a hard world / Andrew Vachss Maddened by mystery / Stephen Leacock
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Short stories, Children's stories, Mystery and detective stories, amorality, Anglo-Saxons
