How long does it take to read The Big Sleep?
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler takes about 4 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Philip Marlowe
Next: Farewell, My Lovely
About 4 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1939. 229 pages, about 62,975 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 |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 116 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder
Subjects: Fiction, Philip Marlowe (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, Women, California, fiction
