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The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
496 pages2003
Social life and customsMurderOpen Library Staff PicksSerial murdersNonfiction
About This Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER β’ NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST β’ From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. βAs...
Reading Time Estimates
12h 38m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 6m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 30m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 136,400 wordsπ
19 days at 30 min/day
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9 hours 6 min
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Audiobook (1.5x)
10 hours 6 min
at 1.5x narration speed
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15 hours 9 min
Audio 2x
7 hours 35 min
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- π 19 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
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