About This Book
10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America—and the search for what it means to call a place home. • From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun • WITH...
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Reading Time Estimates
12h 58m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 20m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 40m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 139,975 words📅 19 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
9 h 20 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
10 h 22 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
15 h 33 min
Audio 2x
7 h 47 min
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- 📅19 days reading 30 min/day
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