How long does it take to read Mr. X?
Mr. X by Peter Straub takes about 9 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 32 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 520 pages, about 143,000 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralyzing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr. X. Now, with his birthday fast approaching, Ned has been drawn back to his hometown of Edgerton, Illinois, by a premonition that his mother is dying. On her deathbed, she imparts to him the name of his long-absent father and warns him that he is in grave danger. Despite her foreboding, he embarks on a search through Edgerton's past for the truth behind his own identity and that of his entirely fantastic family. But when Ned becomes the lead suspect in three violent deaths, he begins to realize that he is not the only one who has come home. . . .
Subjects: Mothers and sons, Doppelgängers, Fiction, Twins, Family relationships, Domestic fiction
