How long does it take to read Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural?
Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Theodore Dreiser, Ambrose Bierce, William Faulkner, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Stephen King
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural by Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Theodore Dreiser, Ambrose Bierce, William Faulkner, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Stephen King takes about 10 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 57 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 597 pages, about 164,175 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This collection contains: Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe · Rappaccini’s Daughter · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Squire Toby’s Will · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · The Screaming Laugh · Cornell Woolrich · A Rose for Emily· William Faulkner · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · Shut a Final Door · Truman Capote · Come and Go Mad · Fredric Brown · The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter · Sticks · Karl Edward Wagner · Sardonicus · Ray Russell · A Teacher’s Rewards · Robert S. Phillips · The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch · The Jam · Henry Slesar · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · The Road to Mictlantecutli · Adobe James · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · Call First · Ramsey Campbell · The Fly · Arthur Porges · Namesake · Elizabeth Morton · Camps · Jack M. Dann · You Know Willie · Theodore R. Cogswell · The Mindworm · C. M. Kornbluth · Warm · Robert Sheckley · Transfer · Barry N. Malzberg · The Doll · Joyce Carol Oates · If Damon Comes · Charles L. Grant · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · The Party · William F. Nolan · The Crate · Stephen King
Subjects: Supernatural, Paranormal fiction, Horror, Horror tales, Short stories, Fiction
