How long does it take to read Five of a Kind?
the third Nero Wolfe omnibus.
Five of a Kind by Rex Stout takes about 8 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1961. 441 pages, about 121,275 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Includes the novels "The Rubber Band," "In The Best Families," and Three Doors to Death (short story collection: "Man Alive," "Omit Flowers," and "Door to Death").
Subjects: Private investigators, Private investigators in fiction, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, New york (n.y.), fiction
