How long does it take to read The Giant Book of Unsolved Crimes?
Roger Wilkes
The Giant Book of Unsolved Crimes by Roger Wilkes takes about 10 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 27 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 570 pages, about 156,750 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book is a collection of more than thirty of the most famous and puzzling murder and mystery cases of all time.
Subjects: Murder--United States--Case studies, True crimes