About This Book
From one of our most beloved and bestselling authors, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 ca...
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9h 53m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 7m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 5m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 106,700 wordsπ
15 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
7 h 7 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
7 h 54 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
11 h 51 min
Audio 2x
5 h 56 min
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- π 15 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π15 commutesΒ of 30 min each