How long does it take to read The Bat?
The Bat by Jo Nesbø takes about 6 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2013. 369 pages, about 101,475 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings. Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. The victim is a Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Harry befriends one of the lead detectives, and one of the witnesses, as he is drawn deeper into the case. Together, they discover that this is only the latest in a string of unsolved murders, and the pattern points toward a psychopath working his way across the country.
Subjects: Murder, Harry Hole (Fictitious character), Investigation, Fiction, Fiction, crime, Norway, fiction
