How long does it take to read The Doorbell Rang?
a Nero Wolfe novel
The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout takes about 3 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Nero Wolfe
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About 3 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 186 pages, about 51,150 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Private investigators, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
