How long does it take to read It?
It by Stephen King takes about 21 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 21 hours 25 minutes
A long haul
First published 1986. 1,168 pages, about 321,200 words.
43 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 35 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 21 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 96 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"It" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. "It" was his 22nd book and his 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. "It" primarily appears in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown to attract its preferred prey of young children. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. In 2003, "It" was listed at number 144 on the BBC's The Big Read poll. ---
Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
- violence
- sexual content
- death of a child
- animal death
- suicide
- abuse
Subjects: coming of age, thrillers, suspense, horror, Schwinn bicycles, catatonia
