How long does it take to read The Black Dahlia?
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy takes about 8 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of L.A. Quartet
Next: The Big Nowhere
About 8 hours 8 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1987. 444 pages, about 122,100 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 55 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of the beautiful young woman known as The Black Dahlia.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction, hard-boiled, thrillers, crime, noir, Fiction
