About This Book
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction • A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • Nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction “Easily the funniest book I’ve read this year.” —GQ “Masterly funny debut novel . . . Erudite but never pretentious, The Idiot will make you crave more books by Batum...
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Reading Time Estimates
11h 0m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 55m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 39m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 118,800 words📅 16 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
7 h 55 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 h 48 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
13 h 12 min
Audio 2x
6 h 36 min
That's about:
- 📅16 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇16 commutes of 30 min each
