How long does it take to read Poltergeist?
a study in destructive haunting
Poltergeist by Colin Wilson takes about 7 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours
A weekend read
First published 1981. 382 pages, about 105,050 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Banging noises and disembodied voices, coming from nowhere and everywhere. Furniture chasing people through the house. Pots and pans and knives and knick-knacks flying through the air. These are the hallmarks of the poltergeist phenomenon. This book on destructive hauntings examines the evidence and develops a theory of the poltergeist phenomenon.
Subjects: Haunted houses, Poltergeists, Ghosts, Case studies, Occultism, Philosophy and religion
