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Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * Winner of the Whiting Award * Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize * Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by Refinery29, NPR, T...
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 42m
slow reader
180 WPM
4h 6m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 56m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 61,600 words📅 9 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
4 h 6 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 34 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
6 h 51 min
Audio 2x
3 h 25 min
That's about:
- 📅9 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇9 commutes of 30 min each





