How long does it take to read The Snowman?
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø takes about 9 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 7 of Harry Hole series
Previous: The Redeemer Next: The Leopard
About 9 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2007. 508 pages, about 139,700 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"In Oslo, after the first snow of the season has fallen, a woman disappears, and a sinister snowman is left in her wake. As irascible detective Harry Hole realizes that this is only one of multiple disappearances, he begins to think a serial killer may be at work--and may be drawing in Hole personally and intentionally"--
Subjects: Harry Hole (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, Women, Crimes against, Serial murder investigation