About This Book
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'A GOOD READ' THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'GAWANDE'S MOST POWERFUL, AND MOVING, BOOK' MALCOLM GLADWELL 'BEING MORTAL IS NOT ONLY WISE AND DEEPLY MOVING; IT IS AN ESSENTIAL AND INSIGHTFUL BOOK FOR OUR TIMES' OLIVER SACKS For most of human history, death was a common, ever-pre...
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Reading Time Estimates
7h 12m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 11m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 42m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 77,825 words📅 11 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 11 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
5 h 46 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
8 h 39 min
Audio 2x
4 h 19 min
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- 📅11 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇11 commutes of 30 min each
