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How long does it take to read The Library Policeman?

Stephen King

The Library Policeman by Stephen King takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 59 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1991. 272 pages, about 74,800 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 19 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 59 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 7 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

When a man forgets to return some books he borrowed from the library while writing a speech, and later accidentally destroys them, the phantom librarian who lent him the books sends the library policemen to terrorize him

Subjects: speechwriting, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Librarians, fiction, Fiction, horror

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