About This Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. “Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.”—The Philadelphia Inq...
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Reading Time Estimates
10h 36m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 38m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 27m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 114,400 words📅 16 days at 30 min/day
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WPM
Reading time
7 h 38 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 h 28 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
12 h 43 min
Audio 2x
6 h 21 min
That's about:
- 📅16 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇16 commutes of 30 min each