How long does it take to read The Hidden Staircase?
The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene takes about 3 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Previous: The Secret of the Old Clock Next: The Bungalow Mystery
About 3 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1930. 182 pages, about 50,050 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 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 43 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Mystery, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction
