How long does it take to read Double Helix?
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin takes about 4 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 254 pages, about 69,850 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.
Subjects: Fiction, Huntington's chorea, Genetic engineering, Science fiction, Bioethics, Juvenile fiction
