How long does it take to read The Stand?
The Stand by Stephen King takes about 21 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 21 hours 8 minutes
A long haul
First published 1978. 1,153 pages, about 317,075 words.
43 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 35 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 21 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 87 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that - in the ensuing weeks - wipes out most of the world's population. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to Boulder or the dark man, Randall Flagg, who has set up his command post in Las Vegas. The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
Subjects: suspense & thriller, gothic & horror, biological warfare, research, horror fiction, horror tales
