How long does it take to read The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus?
The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus by Julian Symons takes about 6 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 381 pages, about 104,775 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Little-known stories by 25 of the grand masters of the genre. According to the book cover "All the famous names are here - but not the stories you might expect."
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, English Crime stories, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
