About This Book
From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a literary masterclass on how to become both a better writer and reader, on what makes great stories work, and what they can tell us about how to live
More by George Saunders
Reading Time Estimates
11h 2m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 56m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 40m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 119,075 words📅 16 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
7 h 56 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 h 49 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
13 h 14 min
Audio 2x
6 h 37 min
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- 📅16 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇16 commutes of 30 min each