How long does it take to read The Department of Queer Complaints?
The Department of Queer Complaints by John Dickson Carr takes about 4 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1940. 241 pages, about 66,275 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 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, American Ghost stories
