How long does it take to read Twice Shy?
Twice Shy by Dick Francis takes about 5 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1900. 310 pages, about 85,250 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 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Young physicist Jonathan Derry is given some musical tapes by a friend. But the tapes are really an elaborate computerized horse betting system that can make the owner a rich man -- or a dead one. Once again, high-speed thriller-master Dick Francis weaves a constantly twisting plot, a wicked villain, non-stop action, and an explosive showdown in a superb book that races to the finish line, leaving you breathless for more.
Subjects: Horse racing, Fiction, England, fiction, Scientists, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Gambling systems
