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The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
432 pages1969
fictionIdentity (Psychology)Turkish AmericansWomen college studentsComing of age
About This Book
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction β’ A New York Times Book Review Notable Book β’ Nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction βEasily the funniest book Iβve read this year.β βGQ βMasterly funny debut novel . . . Erudite but never pretentious, The Idiot will make you crave more books by Batum...
Reading Time Estimates
11h 0m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 55m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 39m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 118,800 wordsπ
16 days at 30 min/day
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7 hours 55 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 hours 48 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
13 hours 12 min
Audio 2x
6 hours 36 min
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- π 16 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π16 commutesΒ of 30 min each