The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling has 51 452 words, so the average reader would take 3 hours 26 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read The Jungle Book? Read a paragraph from The Jungle Book below to find out!
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