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How long does it take to read Song of Susannah?

Stephen King

Song of Susannah by Stephen King takes about 8 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 6 of The Dark Tower

Previous: The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla Next: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

About 8 hours 30 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1999. 464 pages, about 127,600 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 14 hours 11 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 30 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 19 minutes

The page count is the median across 47 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Dark Tower VI Susannah, now pregnant, has yet another taking control of her. The demon-mother, Mia, uses Susannah and Black Thirteen to transport to New York City of 1999. Jake, Oy, and Pere Callahan must rescue Susannah while Eddie and Roland transport to the Maine of 1977. A vacant lot in New York is the prize that must be saved and ties these together.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • sexual content

How these are chosen

Subjects: horror fiction, good and evil, heroes, supernatural, dark fantasy, Fantasy fiction

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