How long does it take to read The Chessmen of Doom?
The Chessmen of Doom by John Bellairs takes about 2 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 51 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1989. 155 pages, about 42,625 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 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Johnny Dixon, Fergie and Professor Childermass comply with a strange will left by the Professor's brother, which requires them to spend the summer at a desolate estate where they encounter a madman bent on destroying the world.
Subjects: Fiction, Magic, Riddles, Mystery and detective stories, Juvenile fiction, Detective and mystery stories
