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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

A summer on Long Island. A mysterious millionaire. A dream that asks too much.

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3 hr 13 min

48,150 words · at 250 words per minute

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Mary Shelley

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Haruki Murakami

Midnight's Children: A Novel

Salman Rushdie

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Haruki Murakami

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Arundhati Roy

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The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan

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Kazuo Ishiguro

The Son of Neptune

Rick Riordan

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George R. R. Martin

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

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Joseph Smith Jr.

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Walden

By Henry David Thoreau

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Author

Henry David Thoreau

Shelf

Literature

Length

106,254 words

Pages

About 425 (250 words per page)

Average pace

250 words per minute

Average reading time

7 hr 5 min

At 250 words per minute
Edition

Walden by Henry David Thoreau.