How long does it take to read I Am Legend?
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1954. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 55 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Robert Neville lives alone on a Los Angeles street, apparently the only person left after a pandemic spread by dust storms following a devastating war. The disease has turned most of humanity into nocturnal, pale, blood-drinking vampires who crowd around his home every night, so he barricades himself inside with garlic, mirrors, and crucifixes. By day he hunts the sleeping creatures and gathers supplies. Struggling with loneliness, grief for his family, and heavy drinking, he turns to scientific research, seeking a rational explanation for the vampires and their strange weaknesses.
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Subjects: Fiction, horror, Fiction, science fiction, general, Vampires, fiction, Vampires, Fiction, Epidemics
