How long does it take to read Stories of Suspense?
Mary E. MacEwen, Daphne du Maurier, Jack Finney, John Collier, Daniel Keyes, Roald Dahl, Lord Dunsany, Shirley Jackson, Margaret St. Clair
Stories of Suspense by Mary E. MacEwen, Daphne du Maurier, Jack Finney, John Collier, Daniel Keyes, Roald Dahl, Lord Dunsany, Shirley Jackson, Margaret St. Clair takes about 4 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 220 pages, about 60,500 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The birds / Daphne Du Maurier. -- Of missing persons / Jack Finney. -- Midnight blue / John Collier. -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes. -- Taste / Roald Dahl. -- Two bottles of relish / Lord Dunsany. -- Charles / Shirley Jackson. -- Contents of the dead man's pockets / Jack Finney. -- The perfectionist / Margaret St. Clair.
Subjects: Children's stories, stockbrokers, Oenophilia, science fiction anthologies