Reading time
How long does it take to read Grime and Punishment?
Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey is about 240 pages, so it takes about 4 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 9 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
4 h 12 min
Grime and Punishment · Dav Pilkey · first published 2020
- Pages
- 240
- 30 min a day
- 9 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 5 h 33 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 4 h 12 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 3 h 20 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 30 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 17 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 9 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 6 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 5 days |
Page count: median of 22 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#9 in Dog Man
Next in the series: Mothering Heights (2021, 224 pages)
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Grime and Punishment: reading time questions
- How many pages is Grime and Punishment?
- Grime and Punishment is about 240 pages. That is the median across the 22 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Grime and Punishment?
- About 4 h 12 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 20 min.
- How many days to read Grime and Punishment at 30 minutes a day?
- About 9 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 17 days, and at an hour a day about 5 days.
- What number is Grime and Punishment in the Dog Man series?
- Grime and Punishment is book 9 in Dog Man by Dav Pilkey.
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