Reading time
How long does it take to read Death Is Now My Neighbour?
Death Is Now My Neighbour by Colin Dexter is about 372 pages, so it takes about 6½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 14 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
6 h 31 min
Death Is Now My Neighbour · Colin Dexter · first published 1996
- Pages
- 372
- 30 min a day
- 14 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 8 h 37 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 6 h 31 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 5 h 10 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 3 h 53 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 27 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 14 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 9 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 7 days |
Page count: median of 27 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#12 in Inspector Morse
Next in the series: The Remorseful Day (1999, 388 pages)
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Death Is Now My Neighbour: reading time questions
- How many pages is Death Is Now My Neighbour?
- Death Is Now My Neighbour is about 372 pages. That is the median across the 27 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Death Is Now My Neighbour?
- About 6 h 31 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 5 h 10 min.
- How many days to read Death Is Now My Neighbour at 30 minutes a day?
- About 14 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 27 days, and at an hour a day about 7 days.
- What number is Death Is Now My Neighbour in the Inspector Morse series?
- Death Is Now My Neighbour is book 12 in Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter.
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