How long does it take to read Good Bones and Simple Murders?
Good Bones and Simple Murders by Margaret Atwood takes about 3 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours
A weekend read
First published 1994. 164 pages, about 45,100 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A collection of short works mostly taken from two earlier works, Good Bones and Murder in the Dark. It contains short stories, poetry, science fiction, fairy tales and parables accompanied by Atwood’s fanciful illustrations. Many of the pieces are reworking's of classical works such as Hamlet's mother setting him straight on some things and a bat who explains how Stoker got Dracula all wrong.
Subjects: Short stories
