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How long does it take to read Pet Sematary?

Stephen King

Pet Sematary by Stephen King takes about 7 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 44 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1983. 422 pages, about 116,050 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 54 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 44 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 50 minutes

The page count is the median across 92 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • death of a child
  • animal death
  • suicide

How these are chosen

Subjects: fiction, thrillers, suspense, horror, occult, psychological trauma

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