How long does it take to read The Babes in the Wood?
The Babes in the Wood by Ruth Rendell takes about 5 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Inspector Wexford
Previous: Harm Done Next: End in Tears
About 5 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 325 pages, about 89,375 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Police, Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character), Fiction, England, fiction, Families
