How long does it take to read Helter Skelter?
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry takes about 12 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 24 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1975. 676 pages, about 185,900 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 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On August 9th 1969, seven people were found shot, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in Los Angeles. The nation watched in fascinated horror as the killers were tried and convicted. But the real questions went unanswered. How did Manson make his "family" kill for him? How could these young men and women kill again and again without remorse? And did the murders go on even after Manson was in jail? Here Vincent Bugliosi, D.A. on the case, reveals the true story behind the most famous mass murder case ever - the orgies, the willing murders, the brainwashing and the retaliation slayings.
Subjects: Murder, Meurtre, Case studies
