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Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. ("You have to read them.") The New York Times best-selling author’s time-travel classic that makes us feel the horrors of American slavery and indicts our country’s lack of progress on racial reconciliation “I lost an arm on my last trip...

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Reading Time Estimates

7h 18m

slow reader

180 WPM

5h 16m

average reader

250 WPM

3h 46m

fast reader

350 WPM

📖 78,925 words📅 11 days at 30 min/day

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WPM

Reading time

5 h 16 min

at 250 words per minute

Audiobook (1.5x)

5 h 51 min

at 1.5x narration speed

Audio 1x

8 h 46 min

Audio 2x

4 h 23 min

That's about:

  • 📅11 days reading 30 min/day
  • 🚇11 commutes of 30 min each