Reading time
How long does it take to read Sad Cypress?
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie is about 239 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 11 min
Sad Cypress · Agatha Christie · first published 1940
- Pages
- 239
- 30 min a day
- 9 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 5 h 32 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 4 h 11 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 3 h 19 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 29 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 86 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#18 in Hercule Poirot
Next in the series: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940, 208 pages)
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Sad Cypress: reading time questions
- How many pages is Sad Cypress?
- Sad Cypress is about 239 pages. That is the median across the 86 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Sad Cypress?
- About 4 h 11 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 19 min.
- How many days to read Sad Cypress 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 Sad Cypress in the Hercule Poirot series?
- Sad Cypress is book 18 in Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie.