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How long does it take to read The Dark Tower (Gunslinger / Drawing of the Three / Waste Lands)?

Stephen King

The Dark Tower (Gunslinger / Drawing of the Three / Waste Lands) by Stephen King takes about 20 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 20 hours 45 minutes

A long haul

First published 1992. 1,132 pages, about 311,300 words.

42 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 34 hours 35 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 20 hours 45 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 12 hours 58 minutes

The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, epic, Dark tower (imaginary place), fiction

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