A Parade of Horribles
At your speed≈ 16 hrs
Pages794
Audiobook≈ 26½ hrs
794 pages works out to roughly 238,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 16 hrs — a month of evenings.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.47 out of 5, from 526 ratings.
Book 8 of 8 in Dungeon Crawler Carl — see the reading order
How long does it take to read A Parade of Horribles?
A Parade of Horribles is 794 pages, or roughly 238,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 22½ hrs |
| Average | 250 | 16 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 10 hrs |
Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read A Parade of Horribles?
- About 16 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. A Parade of Horribles runs 794 pages, roughly 238,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 22½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 10 hrs.
- How many pages is A Parade of Horribles?
- 794 pages, which is about 238,000 words and 16 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
- Is A Parade of Horribles worth reading?
- Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.47 out of 5, from 526 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 794 pages and about 16 hrs of your time, or 10 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the A Parade of Horribles audiobook?
- About 26½ hrs, estimated from the 238,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.
Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last.…
After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple. Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.” Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine. Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do. So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.
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