How long does it take to read The Man on the Balcony?
The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö takes about 3 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Martin Beck
Previous: The Man Who Went Up in Smoke Next: The Laughing Policeman
About 3 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1968. 187 pages, about 51,425 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The third thrilling classic instalment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since.
Subjects: Fiction, Mystery, Stockholm (sweden), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Martin Beck (Fictitious character)
