About This Book
It is 1945 and Barcelona is enduring the long aftermath of civil war when Daniel Sempere's bookseller father decides his son is old enough to visit the secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There Daniel must adopt a single book, promising to care for it and keep it alive always. His choice falls on Th...
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Reading Time Estimates
13h 16m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 33m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 49m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 143,275 wordsπ
20 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
9 h 33 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
10 h 37 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
15 h 55 min
Audio 2x
7 h 58 min
That's about:
- π 20 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π20 commutesΒ of 30 min each