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How long does it take to read The Black Widow?

Carolyn Keene

The Black Widow by Carolyn Keene takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 56 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1988. 160 pages, about 44,000 words. Written for children.

6 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 4 hours 53 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 56 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 50 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Nancy uncovers a mystery while cruising to Rio de Janeiro when a drawing of a black widow spider with a coded message is slipped under Nancy’s door.

Subjects: Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Adventure and adventurers, fiction

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