How long does it take to read The Minpins?
The Minpins by Roald Dahl takes about 1 hour 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 20 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1991. 73 pages, about 20,075 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Monsters, Adventure stories, Fantasy, Children's fiction
