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How long does it take to read Wizard and Glass?

Stephen King

Wizard and Glass by Stephen King takes about 13 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 4 of The Dark Tower

Previous: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands Next: The Little Sisters of Eluria

About 13 hours 30 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1997. 736 pages, about 202,400 words.

27 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 22 hours 29 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 13 hours 30 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 8 hours 26 minutes

The page count is the median across 72 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Dark Tower IV Part IV of an epic quest. Roland the Gunslinger and his followers have to contend with a sentient monorail intent on killing itself and taking them with it. While seeking to return to the Path of the Beam that will lead them to the Dark Tower, Roland tells his friends a story about the tragic loss of his first love, Susan Delgado.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • sexual content

How these are chosen

Subjects: crystal balls, parallel universes, adventure stories, fiction, supernatural, dark fantasy

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