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John Skipp, Craig Spector, Chan McConnell, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Philip Nutman, Edward Bryant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Les Daniels, Douglas E. Winter, Steven R. Boyett, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Hodge, David J. Schow, Robert R. McCammon

Book of the Dead by John Skipp, Craig Spector, Chan McConnell, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Philip Nutman, Edward Bryant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Les Daniels, Douglas E. Winter, Steven R. Boyett, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Hodge, David J. Schow, Robert R. McCammon takes about 6 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 38 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1989. 362 pages, about 99,550 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 4 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 38 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 9 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Blossom / Chan McConnell -- Mess hall / Richard Laymon -- It helps if you sing / Ramsey Campbell -- Home delivery / Stephen King -- Wet work / Philip Nutman -- A sad last love at the diner of the damned / Edward Bryant -- Bodies and heads / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Choices / Glen vasey -- The good parts / Les Daniels -- Less than zombie / Douglas E. Winter -- Like Pavlov's dogs / Steven R. Boyett -- Nicholas Royle -- On the far side of the cadillac desert with dead folks / Joe R. Lansdale -- Dead giveaway / Brian Hodge -- Jerry's kids meet wormboy / David J. Schow -- Eat me / Robert R. McCammon.

Subjects: Horror fiction, fiction, horror tales, fishing boats, Wormwood, ozone layer

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