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The Stand
by Stephen King
1153 pages1978
suspense & thrillergothic & horrorbiological warfareresearchhorror fiction
About This Book
Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. Soon to be a television series. 'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (Guardian). Set in a virus-decimated US, King...
Reading Time Estimates
29h 22m
slow reader
180 WPM
21h 8m
average reader
250 WPM
15h 6m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 317,075 wordsπ
43 days at 30 min/day
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21 hours 8 min
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Audiobook (1.5x)
23 hours 29 min
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35 hours 14 min
Audio 2x
17 hours 37 min
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