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Guns, germs, and steel
by Jared M. Diamond
528 pages1997
prize:pulitzer=1998EthnologyCriticism and interpretationCulture diffusionEffect of environment on
Reading Time Estimates
13h 27m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 41m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 55m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 145,200 wordsπ
20 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
9 hours 41 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
10 hours 45 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
16 hours 8 min
Audio 2x
8 hours 4 min
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- π 20 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
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