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The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
277 pages1951
FictionClassic
About This Book
The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield.
Reading Time Estimates
7h 3m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 5m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 38m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 76,175 wordsπ
11 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 hours 5 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
5 hours 39 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
8 hours 28 min
Audio 2x
4 hours 14 min
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