How long does it take to read Great Stories of Suspense?
Ross Macdonald, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
Great Stories of Suspense by Ross Macdonald, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl takes about 15 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 5 minutes
A long haul
First published 1974. 823 pages, about 226,325 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collier, J. Wet Saturday Fearing, K. The big clock Christie, A. What Mrs. McGillicuddy saw! Ellin, S. The payoff Greene, G. The basement room Hammett, D. Fly paper Cheever, J. The five-forty-eight Stevenson, R. L. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Cain, J. M. The baby in the icebox Millar, M. The couple next door Dahl, R. The landlady Gilbert, M. The Amateur Highsmith, P. The terrapin Francis, D. Enquiry Macdonald, R. The far side of the dollar O'Connor, F. The comforts of home
Subjects: Short horror story, cyanide, American Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, American, Detective and mystery stories, English, English Detective and mystery stories