How long does it take to read Murder for Halloween?
Michele Slung, Michelle Slung, Ed Mcbain, Steven Saylor, Ellery Queen, Peter Lovesey, Edward D. Hoch, August Derleth, Marcia Muller, Edgar Allan Poe, James Grady, Robert Bloch, Michael Z. Lewin, Gahan Wilson, Bram Stoker, Judith Garner, Dorothy Cannell, Talmage Powell, Anthony Boucher, Peter Straub
Murder for Halloween by Michele Slung, Michelle Slung, Ed Mcbain, Steven Saylor, Ellery Queen, Peter Lovesey, Edward D. Hoch, August Derleth, Marcia Muller, Edgar Allan Poe, James Grady, Robert Bloch, Michael Z. Lewin, Gahan Wilson, Bram Stoker, Judith Garner, Dorothy Cannell, Talmage Powell, Anthony Boucher, Peter Straub takes about 6 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 362 pages, about 99,550 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Monsters / Ed McBain -- The lemures / Steven Saylor -- The adventure of the dead cat / Ellery Queen -- The odstock curse / Peter Lovesey -- The theft of the Halloween pumpkin / Edward D. Hoch -- Hallowe'en for Mr. Faulkner / August Derleth -- Deceptions / Marcia Muller -- Black Cat / Edgar Allan Poe -- Omjagod / James Grady -- The cloak / Robert Bloch -- What a woman wants / Michael Z. Lewin -- Yesterday's witch / Gahan Wilson -- Walpurgis night / Bram Stoker -- Trick or treat / Judith Garner -- One night at a time / Dorothy Cannell -- Night of the goblin / Talmage Powell -- Trick-or-treat / Anthony Boucher -- Pork pie hat / Peter Straub.
Subjects: fiction, horror fiction, cats, Children's fiction, short story, first-person narrative
