How long does it take to read The Chequer Board?
The Chequer Board by Nevil Shute takes about 5 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1947. 298 pages, about 81,950 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 51 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: England, Nevil Shute, Racism in WWII, Fiction, general, Fiction
