How long does it take to read Works?
Works by Arthur Conan Doyle takes about 11 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1970. 636 pages, about 174,900 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Scandal in Bohemia Red-headed League Case of Identity Boscombe Valley Mystery Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle Adventure of the Speckled Band Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb Adventure of the Noble Bachelor Adventure of the Beryl Coronet Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Hound of the Baskervilles - Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (12 stories) Silver Blaze Adventure of the Yellow Face Adventure of the Cardboard Box Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk Adventure of the Gloria Scott Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual Adventure of the Reigate Squire Crooked Man Adventure of the Resident Patient Adventure of the Greek interpreter Naval Treaty Final Problem - Return of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of the Empty House Adventure of the Norwood Builder Dancing Men Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist Adventure of the Priory School Black Peter Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton Six Napoleons Adventure of the Three Students Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter Adventure of the Abbey Grange Second Stain
Subjects: catalepsy, amyl nitrate, suicide by hanging, broughams, busts, Italians
