How long does it take to read Prisoner's Base?
Rex Stout, Stout
Prisoner's Base by Rex Stout, Stout takes about 3 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Nero Wolfe
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About 3 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1952. 198 pages, about 54,450 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), Juvenile fiction, Mystery