Reading time
How long does it take to read Crocodile on the Sandbank?
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters is about 281 pages, so it takes about 5 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 10 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
4 h 55 min
Crocodile on the Sandbank · Elizabeth Peters · first published 1975
- Pages
- 281
- 30 min a day
- 10 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 6 h 30 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 4 h 55 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 3 h 54 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 56 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 20 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 10 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 7 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 5 days |
Page count: median of 24 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in Amelia Peabody
Next in the series: The Curse of the Pharaohs (1981, 357 pages)
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Crocodile on the Sandbank: reading time questions
- How many pages is Crocodile on the Sandbank?
- Crocodile on the Sandbank is about 281 pages. That is the median across the 24 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Crocodile on the Sandbank?
- About 4 h 55 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 3 h 54 min.
- How many days to read Crocodile on the Sandbank at 30 minutes a day?
- About 10 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 20 days, and at an hour a day about 5 days.
- What number is Crocodile on the Sandbank in the Amelia Peabody series?
- Crocodile on the Sandbank is book 1 in Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters.
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