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How long does it take to read How the Grinch Stole Christmas!?

Dr. Seuss, Rik Mayall

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss, Rik Mayall takes about 1 hour 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 1 hour 10 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1957. 64 pages, about 17,600 words. Written for children.

3 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 1 hour 57 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 1 hour 10 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 44 minutes

The page count is the median across 42 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes anyway. Could Christmas be more than presents?

Subjects: Christmas stories.sh, Pictorial works, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories.sh, Christmas stories, Christmas

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