About This Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions alon...
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 36m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 12m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 26m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 92,950 words📅 13 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
6 h 12 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 53 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
10 h 20 min
Audio 2x
5 h 10 min
That's about:
- 📅13 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇13 commutes of 30 min each









