How long does it take to read The Twelve Crimes of Christmas?
Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov, Rex Stout, Robert Somerlott, Dorothy L. Sayers, Alice Scanlan Reach, S. S. Rafferty, Ellery Queen, Nick O'Donohoe, Edward D. Hoch, Stanley Ellin, August Derleth, John Dickson Carr
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas by Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov, Rex Stout, Robert Somerlott, Dorothy L. Sayers, Alice Scanlan Reach, S. S. Rafferty, Ellery Queen, Nick O'Donohoe, Edward D. Hoch, Stanley Ellin, August Derleth, John Dickson Carr takes about 4 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 254 pages, about 69,850 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Introduction: Noel, Noel! / Isaac Asimov Christmas party / Rex Stout Do your Christmas shoplifting early / Robert Somerlott The necklace of pearls / Dorothy L. Sayers Father Crumlish celebrates Christmas / Alice Scanlan Reach The Christmas masque / S.S. Rafferty The dauphin's doll / Ellery Queen By the chimney with care / Nick O'Donohoe The problem of the Christmas steeple / Edward D. Hoch Death on Christmas Eve / Stanley Ellin The adventure of the unique Dickensians / August Derleth Blind man's hood / John Dickson Carr The thirteenth day of Christmas / Isaac Asimov
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Christmas stories, Fiction, general
