How long does it take to read The Bat?
The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart takes about 4 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1926. 243 pages, about 66,825 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 195 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Intrigued by her isolated country mansion's many mysteries, old Miss Cornelia longs to play detective, and neither death threats nor unearthly sights and sounds are going to dissuade her
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, general
