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How long does it take to read The Drawing of the Three?

Stephen King

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King takes about 8 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of The Dark Tower

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About 8 hours 25 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1987. 459 pages, about 126,225 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 2 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 25 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 16 minutes

The page count is the median across 78 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Dark Tower II Part II of an epic saga. Roland, the last gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doorways on the beach. Each one enters into a different person living in New York. Through these doorways, Roland draws the companions who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • drug use

How these are chosen

Subjects: sociopaths, dissociative identity disorder, civil rights, heroin, cocaine, lobstrosities

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