How long does it take to read The Haunting?
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy takes about 2 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 29 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1982. 135 pages, about 37,125 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which could be considered a curse or a rare gift.
Subjects: Fiction, Supernatural, Extrasensory perception, Juvenile fiction, Paranormal fiction, Fiction, general
