How long does it take to read In the Tall Grass?
In the Tall Grass by Stephen King, Joe Hill takes about 1 hour 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 6 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2012. 60 pages, about 16,500 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Mile 81 meets “N.” in this novella collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill—also made into a Netflix film! As USA TODAY said of Stephen King’s Mile 81: “Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?” In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they’ve lost one another. The boy’s cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
Subjects: Fiction, horror
