How long does it take to read The Shining?
by Stephen King
8h 12m
122,925 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 2 weeks.
That is 16 sessions with The Shining.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 11 days.
This estimate uses a representative 447-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is The Shining?
The Shining is about 122,925 words, estimated from its 447 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 8 hours 12 minutes.
We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.
How many pages is The Shining?
- Catalog page count
- 447
- Edition ISBN
- 9780450040184
- Author
- Stephen King
- Series
- The Shining
- Genre
- fiction
These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.
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