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Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
320 pages2016
African American Historical FictionLGBTQ historical fictionsagaliterary fictionhistorical fiction
About This Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER β’ WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE β’ WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION β’ Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life o...
Reading Time Estimates
8h 9m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 52m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 11m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 88,000 wordsπ
12 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 hours 52 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 hours 31 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 hours 47 min
Audio 2x
4 hours 53 min
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- π 12 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π12 commutesΒ of 30 min each