How long does it take to read Children of the Corn?
Children of the Corn by Stephen King takes about 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 18 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1978. 16 pages, about 4,400 words.
1 day at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Burt and Vicky are traveling through Nebraska on their way to California on a vacation meant to save their failing marriage. After being involved in an accident in which they run over a young boy who ran into the road, they take the body to Gaitlin, a small isolated community nearby. The story centers on their encounters with the strange citizens of Gaitlin and the entity they call “He Who Walks Behind the Rows”.
Subjects: fiction, horror, cults, demonology, Horror fiction, Paranormal fiction
