How long does it take to read Black House?
Black House by Stephen King, Peter Straub takes about 12 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Talisman
Previous: The Talisman
About 12 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 672 pages, about 184,800 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 59 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Preceded by: The Talisman Black House is a horror novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. Published in 2001, it is the sequel to The Talisman. This is one of King's numerous novels that tie in with the Dark Tower series. Black House was nominated to the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The novel is set in Straub's homeland of Wisconsin, rather than in King's frequently used backdrop of Maine. The town of "French Landing" is a fictionalized version of the town of Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Also, "Centralia" is named after the nearby small town of Centerville, Wisconsin, located at the intersection of Hwy 93 and Hwy 35.
Subjects: Fiction, Ficción, Novela de misterio, Asesinatos seriales, Serial murders, Ex-police officers
