How long does it take to read The Screaming Staircase?
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud takes about 7 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Lockwood & Co.
Next: The Whispering Skull
About 7 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2013. 418 pages, about 114,950 words. Written for children.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London. This book is part of a brilliant series for children (and parents) who love to be creeped out. It’s set in London when the city is experiencing an outbreak of ghosts who kill people if they come into contact with them. The catch: only children can see them. These stories features the kid-run ghosthunting agency, Lockwood & Co. — it’s led by the talented 14-year-old heroine Lucy Carlyle and charismatic teen Anthony Lockwood. Their job is to destroy ghosts by finding the objects in the world of the living that spirits are attached to. The social implications of the ghost epidemic are almost as chilling as the cases the agency takes on — almost. It’s a gripping read and a great intro to dystopian literature and social dynamics. You’ll want to sleep with the lights on, even after you’ve exhausted yourself by reading guiltily ahead late into the night.
Subjects: Ghost stories, Paranormal fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Psychic ability, Haunted houses
