About This Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION Theo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from home to home, he grows increasingly obsessed...
Reading Time Estimates
23h 48m
slow reader
180 WPM
17h 9m
average reader
250 WPM
12h 15m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 257,125 wordsπ
35 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
17 hours 9 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
19 hours 3 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
28 hours 34 min
Audio 2x
14 hours 17 min
That's about:
- π 35 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π35 commutesΒ of 30 min each