Reading time
How long does it take to read The Cat Who Went into the Closet?
The Cat Who Went into the Closet by Lilian Jackson Braun is about 250 pages, so it takes about 4½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 9 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
4 h 23 min
The Cat Who Went into the Closet · Lilian Jackson Braun · first published 1993
- Pages
- 250
- 30 min a day
- 9 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 5 h 47 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 4 h 23 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 3 h 28 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 2 h 36 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 18 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 9 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 6 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 5 days |
Page count: median of 14 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#15 in The Cat Who
Next in the series: The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994, 256 pages)
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The Cat Who Went into the Closet: reading time questions
- How many pages is The Cat Who Went into the Closet?
- The Cat Who Went into the Closet is about 250 pages. That is the median across the 14 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read The Cat Who Went into the Closet?
- About 4 h 23 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 28 min.
- How many days to read The Cat Who Went into the Closet at 30 minutes a day?
- About 9 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 18 days, and at an hour a day about 5 days.
- What number is The Cat Who Went into the Closet in the The Cat Who series?
- The Cat Who Went into the Closet is book 15 in The Cat Who by Lilian Jackson Braun.
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