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I Contain Multitudes — Ed Yong

I Contain Multitudes

by Ed Yong

428 pages

About This Book

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us...

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Reading Time Estimates

10h 54m

slow reader

180 WPM

7h 51m

average reader

250 WPM

5h 36m

fast reader

350 WPM

📖 117,700 words📅 16 days at 30 min/day

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WPM

Reading time

7 h 51 min

at 250 words per minute

Audiobook (1.5x)

8 h 43 min

at 1.5x narration speed

Audio 1x

13 h 5 min

Audio 2x

6 h 32 min

That's about:

  • 📅16 days reading 30 min/day
  • 🚇16 commutes of 30 min each