How long does it take to read The Scarlet Ruse?
The Scarlet Ruse by John D. MacDonald takes about 5 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 14 of Travis McGee
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About 5 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 318 pages, about 87,450 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Travis McGee #14
Subjects: Fiction, Travis McGee (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Detectives, Florida, fiction, Fort lauderdale (fla.), fiction
