How long does it take to read Scarpetta?
Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell takes about 9 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 500 pages, about 137,500 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Leaving behind her Charleston forensic pathology practice to accept an assignment in New York City, Kay Scarpetta learns the story of an injured psychiatric patient who claims he was attacked by a stalker who was killing someone else at the time.
Subjects: Fiction, Women physicians, Forensic pathologists, Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Medical examiners (Law), Forensic pathologists, fiction
