Books like Before Night Falls
Reinaldo Arenas
Before Night Falls is 317 pages, about 5 hours 49 minutes at 250 words a minute.
12 books to read next
How long each takes
The Autobiography of Malcolm X 8.5 h 
Hola Papi 4.1 h 
An Autobiography 7.7 h 
Find Me 4.9 h 
A Distant Mirror 12.9 h 
Che Guevara 13.4 h 
Always Running 4.8 h 
The Line of Beauty 9.2 h 
Rome Sweet Home 3.7 h 
The Gutter in the Sky 5.8 h 
My Traitor's Heart 7.3 h 
Dreams of Trespass 4.6 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.