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How long does it take to read We Used to Live Here?

Marcus Kliewer

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer takes about 5 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 43 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2024. 312 pages, about 85,800 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 32 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 43 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 35 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in. As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family—or is Eve just imagining things?

Subjects: Horror, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Paranormal

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